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.

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 --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 ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Senate today unanimously approved a bill phasing out the manufacture of plastic microbeads in beauty products by July 1, 2017 and the sale of such beauty products containing ...

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 – 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 signed by President Obama.