Public Health Ministry bans plastic microbeads in cosmetics

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Public Health Ministry bans plastic microbeads in cosmetics

 

 

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has banned the import, production and sale of cosmetic products containing plastic microbeads, effective January 1st, 2020.

 

According to the ministry’s announcement, which has already been published in the Royal Gazette, plastic microbeads do not degrade over time in water, or in the environment, and are used in rinse-off products such as face scrubs.

 

The UK, for instance, prohibited the use of plastic microbeads in the manufacture of cosmetics and personal care products in 2018, out of concern over their impact on marine life.

 

The small spherical beads, designed to help with exfoliation (dead skin cell removal) are then washed down the drain, often slip through waste-water treatment system and end up in the sea.

 

Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/public-health-ministry-bans-plastic-microbeads-in-cosmetics/

 

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Products containing microbeads banned

By The Nation

 

 

The Ministry of Public Health has prohibited the production, import and sale of cosmetics with plastic microbeads with effect from January 1 according to an announcement published in the Royal Thai Government Gazette website on December 23.

 

Cosmetics with plastic microbeads currently being sold on the market must be withdrawn and dealt with within 180 days of the measure taking effect.

 

Plastic microbeads are plastic particles smaller than 5 millimetres, dissolvable and non-degradable. They are usually used for polishing.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379784

 

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[heybruce]

I hope more (all) countries do this.

[heybuz]

Does Thailand have a waste water treatment plant that works,or is it called a klong

[emptypockets]

5mm is hardly micro anything.

[TheAppletons]

3 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

5mm is hardly micro anything.

  Keep telling yourself that.  ???? ????