18 October 2013

Want to buy makeup or a scrub with microplastics?

Photo: http://plastriot.se

You should not buy products that have the following substances declared or uses the following terms in ads: 

Polyethylene, PE
Polyethylene terephthalate, PET
Polyethylene, PE
Polyethylene terephthalate, PET
Polypropylen, PP
Polyvinylchloride, PVC
Polystyrene, PS
Polyvinylacetat, PVAc
Polyvinylpyrrolidon, PVP
Polymethyl methacrylate, PMMA
Polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE (teflon - See more at: http://plastriot.se/bli-expert-pa-att-hitta-plast-i-smink/#comment-407
Microspheres
Micro-beads
Balls
Beads
Spherulites
Spherules
Polymer spheres
Microcrystals
Granules - See more at: http://plastriot.se/bli-expert-pa-att-hitta-plast-i-smink/#comment-407
Microspheres
Micro-beads
Balls
Beads
Spherulites
Spherules
Polymer spheres
Microcrystals
Granules - See more at: http://plastriot.se/bli-expert-pa-att-hitta-plast-i-smink/#comment-407
Microspheres
Micro-beads
Balls
Beads
Spherulites
Spherules
Polymer spheres
Microcrystals
Granules - See more at: http://plastriot.se/bli-expert-pa-att-hitta-plast-i-smink/#comment-407
Polyethylene terephthalate, PET
Polypropylen, PP
Polyvinylchloride, PVC
Polystyrene, PS
Polyvinylacetat, PVAc
Polyvinylpyrrolidon, PVP
Polymethyl methacrylate, PMMA
Polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE (teflon)
Polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE (teflon)

Microspheres
Micro-beads
Spherulites
Spherules
Polymer spheres
Microcrystals
Granules


 It should also be mentioned that some of the above substances are only microplastics in some specific conditions and in other contexts they are instead thickeners, as it is e.g. with PVP.

Read more about the pollution here and here.

No comments: