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Environment & Energy

druidity33

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2. 'cuz they suck?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Jan 10, 2018, 08:09 PM

Jan 2018

No really, they're terrible for everyone and everything. Fucking microbeads, part of a long line of industry's improvements on our lives (notice i don't say science). Probably a by-product they needed to get rid of.

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The U.K. Has Banned Microbeads. Why? [View all] Eugene Jan 2018 OP

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