Plant-based microbeads made from everyday ingredients like green tea and seaweed have helped mice shed weight by trapping fats in the gut, reports a new study published in Cell Biomaterials.

Without synthetic, plasticky fabrics, we’d have no yoga pants for yoga-ing, no stretchy socks, no water-wicking sweatshirts. We may wear these plastic-infused clothes once, throw them in the washing ...

A variety of microbeads magnified 65 times under a microscope. A standard paperclip is shown for size comparison. (Photo courtesy Plastic Free Seas) WASHINGTON, DC, December 29, 2015 (ENS) – President ...

Next time you exfoliate, you may want to rethink your routine, especially if your facial cleanser contains microbeads. These little guys have just been officially banned with a new piece of ...

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has signed bipartisan legislation that will phase out the use of plastic “microbeads” in soaps, body washes and other personal-care products to protect U.S ...

WASHINGTON --Plastic microbeads used in soaps, body washes and other personal-care products will be phased out starting in 2017 under legislation approved by Congress and sent to the president. The ...

President Obama recently signed a bill that bans microbeads - tiny bits of plastic that can clog waterways - from an array of products ranging from soaps, body wash and toothpaste. The new regulations ...

Face washes and exfoliants containing microbeads—those tiny beads that scrub off dirt, impurities, and dead skin cells—are no longer. President Obama signed a bill on December 30 that bans the use of ...

Environmental activists are applauding a new law signed by President Obama this week outlawing microbeads that are used in personal care products. The bill is known as the Microbead-Free Waters Act, ...

LONDON -- British MPs have issued a report detailing the damage to the environment wreaked by microbeads used in cosmetic products. The report from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee ...

WASHINGTON -- Plastic microbeads used in soaps, body washes and other personal-care products will be phased out starting in 2017 under legislation approved by Congress and signed by President Obama.