Posted on 01/02/2016 6:22:04 PM PST by goodwithagun
President Obama approved a bill on Monday banning soaps, toothpastes, and bodywashes that contain a harmful ingredient. That ingredient is microbeads â tiny, nearly impossible-to-dissolve plastic particles that enter water streams by the billions. The beads are typically found in cleansing products because they can be used as tiny scrubbers, helping to wipe away oil and dirt from the skin or teeth.
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According to my source, the scrubbing ingredient in Lava Soap is derived from corn cobs. He said that Lava may contain pumice, but that corn cobs provided the cleaning action.
OOPSEY! I failed to read your last sentence and immediately
ran to my acetone and vapor meter; dipped my fingers in the
acetone (several times!), blew into my vapor meter. It
showed up right away . . . . . again & again & again & again! - Then I read your last sentence. %O/
Things are getting %^#@ . . . blurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy!
AND . . . . VERRRRRRRRY EXCITINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! :o)
“Why donât they use something that is biodegradable instead of the plastic beads?”
That guy on the car restoration show uses walnut shells to clean car parts.
Both of mine did.
I sure hope he does. It is almost more than we can bare.
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