California to Phase Out the Use of Microbeads in Personal Care Products, Avoid Polluting Water

California joins other states that will prohibit the sale of personal care products like soap, facial and body scrubs, toothpaste, and other products with microbeads, according to a report from Los Angeles Times. Environmentalists have been pushing for the approval of the legislation to ban the use of plastic microbeads. They are saying that plastic microbeads can get into typical water treatment plants and end up polluting the water.