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"Illinois Bans Plastic Microbeads in Personal-Care Products"

"CHICAGO - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation Sunday banning the manufacture and sale of personal care products containing plastic microbeads.

Environmentalists have said the non-biodegradable plastic particles used as exfoliants in many facial cleansers and soaps slip through sewage system filters and pile up in waterways, where they suck up toxins and harm wildlife. Preliminary studies in Lake Michigan have found millions of microbeads.

The new law bans the manufacture of personal care products containing microbeads by the end of 2017, the sale of personal care products and the manufacture of over-the-counter drugs by the end of 2018, and the sale of over the counter drugs by the end of 2019."

The Chicago Tribune had the story June 8, 2014.

Source: Chicago Tribune, 06/10/2014