Plant-based microbeads made from everyday ingredients like green tea and seaweed have helped mice shed weight by trapping fats in the gut, reports a new study published in Cell Biomaterials.

Without synthetic, plasticky fabrics, we’d have no yoga pants for yoga-ing, no stretchy socks, no water-wicking sweatshirts. We may wear these plastic-infused clothes once, throw them in the washing ...

A variety of microbeads magnified 65 times under a microscope. A standard paperclip is shown for size comparison. (Photo courtesy Plastic Free Seas) WASHINGTON, DC, December 29, 2015 (ENS) – President ...

"Edible microbeads" that could be added to bubble teas and desserts could be on the horizon to help people with weight loss—much less invasively than current treatments. Researchers have developed ...

WASHINGTON --Plastic microbeads used in soaps, body washes and other personal-care products will be phased out starting in 2017 under legislation approved by Congress and sent to the president. The ...

LONDON -- British MPs have issued a report detailing the damage to the environment wreaked by microbeads used in cosmetic products. The report from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee ...

Researchers say that banning microbeads––plastic bits used to add a little grit to soaps, face washes and toothpastes––from personal care products could help protect the world’s waterways from a ...

Face washes and exfoliants containing microbeads—those tiny beads that scrub off dirt, impurities, and dead skin cells—are no longer. President Obama signed a bill on December 30 that bans the use of ...

WASHINGTON -- Plastic microbeads used in soaps, body washes and other personal-care products will be phased out starting in 2017 under legislation approved by Congress and signed by President Obama.