Sentences with phrase «national microbead ban»
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Erie County, New York - Legislator Patrick Burke who garnered national recognition for his ban on microbead plastics, has submitted a resolution expressing his opposition to the Trump Administration's proposed elimination of the Clean Water Rule, as well as the stark reductions in Environmental Protection Agency funding that would cut funds for the Great Lakes pollution cleanup by 97 %.
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«That local law started a movement that led to a national ban on plastic microbeads.
«Microplastic pollution has been in the news recently, with several governments planning a ban on microbeads used in cosmetics and detergents» says Alina Wieczorek from the National University of Ireland, Galway and lead author of the study.
«California has adopted the strictest ban on polluting plastic microbeads in the nation, and it will serve as the defacto national standard.»