"Canada this month took steps toward joining the United States in banning the sale of personal-hygiene products that contain tiny plastics known as microbeads in an effort to keep them away from fish and wildlife and address plastic pollution in general.

The battle continues against larger plastics such as discarded milk, juice, and soda containers, though.

Microbeads are typically abrasives found in some facial scrubs, shower gels, toothpastes, shampoos, and soaps. They also can be fragments of plastic bags, or bits of plastic fiber in clothes."

Tom Henry reports for the Toledo Blade November 28, 2016. [2]