New research finds abundant microplastics in personal care products available in India
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New research finds abundant microplastics in personal care products available in India

The Hindu  

Personal care products like face washes and shower gels in India contain a significant amount of harmful microplastics, new research has revealed. Findings of the new research The research analysed 45 samples of PCP across four categories — face wash, face scrub, shower gel, and body scrub available in Indian market and manufactured in the year 2022. In 30 grams of each kind of product, the average quantities of microbeads were noted to be 0.26g, 0.90g,1.24g and 1.74g for face washes, face scrubs, body scrubs, and shower gels respectively. The average sizes of microbeads in samples under study were 640.74 μm, 452.45 μm, 556.66 μm and 606.30 μm for face washes, face scrubs, body scrubs, and shower gels respectively.

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