Microplastics - The Silent Plastic Killer
Y ou may not have ever heard the term ‘ microplastics ‘ before, but for the last 50 years, tiny particles of plastic are used in many cosmetic products like scrubs, shower gel, shaving creams, toothpaste, hair spray, and eyeshadows. Microplastics are replacing natural options as it is more cost effective to Multi-Million Companies. They are even used as bulking agents (Makes you think there is more in the bottle than there actually is) The exfoliating type shower gels can typically contain an amount of plastic in microbeads equivalent to the packaging in comes in. They land up in the global oceans where they cause serious harm to marine life, and then in turn humans who then consume seafood. Microplastics are tiny pieces or particles of plastic many are invisible to the naked eye. Microplastics pollute the ocean and can have toxic effects on biological organisms that ingest or absorb them such as dolphins, whales, and fish. Washed down the drain, those p...