SACRAMENTO - Microbeads, the tiny plastic particles found in many exfoliating facial and body cleansers, are passing through wastewater-treatment-plant filters and winding up in rivers and oceans, ...

Edible microbeads made from green tea polyphenols and vitamin E led to 17% weight loss in rats fed a high-fat diet, and a human trial is underway. Researchers developed plant-based beads that ...

Environmental groups in New York's North Country are trying to spread the word about water pollution from microbeads. Microbeads are tiny,... Jul 27, 2015 — Environmental groups in New York's North ...

This work was supported by funding from the MITACS Accelerate program, the Ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec, and the Partenariat canadien pour l'agriculture ...