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The Birmingham Brief: Microbeads are just one ingredient in the Pacific's 'plastic soup'

Professor Stuart Harrad discusses recent reports in the national press that have drawn attention to calls for a ban on the use of tiny plastic beads (microbeads) added as exfoliants and abradants to toiletries like cosmetics and toothpaste.

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Published 22 May 2014

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