Jurisdictions are starting to ban microbeads:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.beatthemicrobead.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.beatthemicrobead.org&#x2F;en&#x2F;</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;09&#x2F;business&#x2F;california-bans-plastic-microbeads.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;09&#x2F;business&#x2F;california-bans-p...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;marinedebris.noaa.gov&#x2F;types-and-sources-solutions&#x2F;states-consider-plastic-microbead-bans" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;marinedebris.noaa.gov&#x2F;types-and-sources-solutions&#x2F;sta...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;environment&#x2F;2015&#x2F;oct&#x2F;09&#x2F;california-bans-microbeads-to-protect-marine-life" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;environment&#x2F;2015&#x2F;oct&#x2F;09&#x2F;californi...</a><p>&gt; Many state governments, including California, Illinois, New Jersey, Maine, Colorado, Maryland, Indiana, Connecticut and Wisconsin, are banning “microbeads” — plastic exfoliants used in cosmetics.<p>There is much work to be done still.