This video explains how those plastic bits in face washes, scrubs, and toothpastes can hurt ecosystems

Grist
By Ana Sofia KnaufSep 18, 2015, 5:05 am175 pts
By now, most of us know that if we want our consciences to be as squeaky clean as our faces, we have to ditch our most beloved scrubbing products. While microbeads — the tiny plastic bits most commonly found in face washes, scrubs, and toothpastes — might do great things for your pores, they could also…

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