{"id":1317,"date":"2015-02-23T10:45:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T18:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenwithtiffany.com\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2021-12-02T16:16:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:16:12","slug":"ban-bead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c3social.co\/GWT\/ban-bead\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban The Bead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I first learned about microbeads almost 2 years\u00a0ago. I knew that plastic, no matter how big, breaks down into smaller bits called microplastics. That\u2019s bad enough, but how about plastic bits that are already smaller than any\u00a0other\u00a0microplastic (microbeads are considered microplastic) and\u00a0whose\u00a0purpose, after using it for mere minutes,\u00a0is to wash down our drains?!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sik2pDZdizg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Plastics are made to\u00a0essentially\u00a0last forever, but designed to throw away.\u00a0Almost ironically,\u00a0this is the ultimate design flaw. Itty-bitty pieces of plastic designed to go down your drain, whether it be your sink, shower or tub. How could this be? How could we let millions upon millions of microbeads into our water? These microbeads enter our oceans, streams, rivers, lakes, etc\u2026 Marine life mistakes it for food\u2026\u00a0and what if you eat fish? \u00a0They say, \u201cYou are what you eat.\u201d\u00a0You\u2019re eating plastic!\u00a0Not to mention that these microbeads are so microscopic I wonder if they can penetrate your pores? Some people are brushing their teeth with them. Could we actually be ingesting these tiny buggers? We need to beat the bead! When I was growing up I used an apricot scrub with crushed apricot kernel, something that was natural, biodegradable and safe. We need to go back to that. Where did we and these companies that produce these products go wrong? A cheaper way was found. Plastic is cheap, but cheaper is not always better. More often than not, it\u2019s worse. \u00a0And at what cost? Please get involved. Speak up!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/5gyres.org\/how_to_get_involved\/action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign the petition to \u201cBan The Bead!!!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Together we can create change!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/5gyres.org\/how_to_get_involved\/action\/\">http:\/\/5gyres.org\/how_to_get_involved\/action\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first learned about microbeads almost 2 years\u00a0ago. I knew that plastic, no matter how big, breaks down into smaller bits called microplastics. That\u2019s bad enough, but how about plastic bits that are already smaller than any\u00a0other\u00a0microplastic (microbeads are considered microplastic) and\u00a0whose\u00a0purpose, after using it for mere minutes,\u00a0is to wash down our drains?! 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