2014 Senate Bill 1027

Ban personal care product "microbeads"

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 9, 2014

Introduced by Sen. Gretchen Whitmer (D-23)

To prohibit the manufacture and sale in Michigan of personal care products containing plastic particles. This refers to "microbeads" in some brands of toothpaste and facial or body washes, which reportedly accumulate in the Great Lakes.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations