This week, Illinois became the first state in the country to ban exfoliating plastic beads. Good for Illinois. Plastic microbeads have been running off by the billions into the Great Lakes and the ...

Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads. Some Mardi Gras parades are banning one of their most colorful traditions - tossing out ...

The tiny plastic beads found in many popular toothpaste brands are approved by regulators, but dentists are becoming increasingly alarmed that the beads could cause more dental hygiene problems ...

The plastic alone is bad for fish health, but so are the microbes that the beads can carry. TIMOTHY HOELLEIN: Once the plastic is inside their guts, it can actually come off.

Groh knew that the tons of shiny plastic beads flying overhead—which were ultimately made from oil—would end up piled on the streets, clogging the gutters, and eventually lining a landfill.

For the longest time, pockets of nothing but air were Nike’s secret to making comfortable shoes. But today the company revealed its new Joyride technology, which instead fills shoe soles with ...

A single tube of face wash can contain more than 300,000 of the plastic beads, which are cheaper than other common natural exfoliants like apricot seeds, coconut husks, or diatomaceous earth.

(Photo by Sophia Germer, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate) Starting next year, riders will no longer be permitted to throw plastic beads. Krewe leaders estimate the change ...

Friends Bonnie Hill (right) and Fran Kruger (left) pose for a photo after catching glass beads at the Krewe of Freret parade on Feb. 22, 2025. Notably, not plastic beads. Freret banned plastic ...

I’ve spent several years researching the circulation of these plastic beads, and their life doesn’t begin and end that one week in New Orleans. Beneath the sheen of the beads is a story that ...

After experimenting with a range of materials, the scientists created nano-sized plastic beads made from melamine and formaldehyde. They then discovered that mixing the sizes of the beads was the ...