(New York) Attorney general’s study reports ‘microbead’ pollution is pervasive in state waterways

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http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/environment/attorney-generals-study-reports-microbead-pollution-is-pervasive-in-state-waterways-20150420

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Attorney general’s study reports ‘microbead’ pollution is pervasive in state waterways[/font]
[font size=4]Pollution study tracks migration to waterways[/font]

By T.J. Pignataro | News Staff Reporter | @TJPignataro | Google+
on April 20, 2015 - 12:01 AM, updated April 20, 2015 at 12:07 AM

[font size=3]Samples of treated wastewater, including those taken from six Western New York plants, show that plastic “microbeads” washed down sink and shower drains are passing straight through the facilities and into area waterways.

That’s according to a first-of-its-kind study that is being released Monday by State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman.

The study details where these tiny plastic abrasives found in many cosmetics products are coming from, why they’re slipping through wastewater-treatment plants, and the extent of the problem statewide.

Schneiderman said the state collected data from water coming from wastewater plants and found that microbeads are present in nearly three-quarters of those surveyed. Those that didn’t are small-volume treatment plants equipped with specialized filters that catch and collect the microbeads before they passed through the system.

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[Fearless]

1. Sad thing is this was predicted years ago

And no one cared.

[SeattleVet]

2. Canada is preparing to ban these pollutants.

And there is an app that lets you know what products have, and don't have, the plastic microbeads incorporated into them.


http://www.beatthemicrobead.org/en/

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3. ^