Plant-based microbeads made from everyday ingredients like green tea and seaweed have helped mice shed weight by trapping fats in the gut, reports a new study published in Cell Biomaterials.

Next time you exfoliate, you may want to rethink your routine, especially if your facial cleanser contains microbeads. These little guys have just been officially banned with a new piece of ...

A variety of microbeads magnified 65 times under a microscope. A standard paperclip is shown for size comparison. (Photo courtesy Plastic Free Seas) WASHINGTON, DC, December 29, 2015 (ENS) – President ...

In a major victory for environmentalists — and for wild creatures who live in rivers and oceans — the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to phase out the use of plastic microbeads in ...

Without synthetic, plasticky fabrics, we’d have no yoga pants for yoga-ing, no stretchy socks, no water-wicking sweatshirts. We may wear these plastic-infused clothes once, throw them in the washing ...

WASHINGTON --Plastic microbeads used in soaps, body washes and other personal-care products will be phased out starting in 2017 under legislation approved by Congress and sent to the president. The ...

"Edible microbeads" that could be added to bubble teas and desserts could be on the horizon to help people with weight loss—much less invasively than current treatments. Researchers have developed ...

Face washes and exfoliants containing microbeads—those tiny beads that scrub off dirt, impurities, and dead skin cells—are no longer. President Obama signed a bill on December 30 that bans the use of ...

LONDON -- British MPs have issued a report detailing the damage to the environment wreaked by microbeads used in cosmetic products. The report from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A TikToker alleges that using a popular face scrub caused her skin to become full of beads. In The Know reached out to Neutrogena ...

The House of Representatives voted this week to ban the use of microbeads in cosmetics, calling the tiny plastic spheres “unnecessary plastic pollution” in the nation’s waterways. Recent studies ...