http://www.beatthemicrobead.org/en/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/business/california-bans-p...
http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/types-and-sources-solutions/sta...
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/09/californi...
> Many state governments, including California, Illinois, New Jersey, Maine, Colorado, Maryland, Indiana, Connecticut and Wisconsin, are banning “microbeads” — plastic exfoliants used in cosmetics.
There is much work to be done still.