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Microbead

Microbeads are manufactured solid plastic particles of less than one millimeter in their largest dimension. They are most frequently made of polyethylene but can be of other petrochemical plastics such as polypropylene and polystyrene. They are used in exfoliating personal care products, toothpastes, and in biomedical and health-science research.

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Banning production and sale in cosmetics

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Microbead

Nodes82
Edges81
Triples145
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02439
Components1

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Microbead

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related to Canada · 26
Microbead → Bill C-680, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Environmental Protection Act, Canadian Great Lakes, City Council, Commons, Halifax Member, House, John McKay, Maire-France Lalonde, Megan Leslie, Member, Microbead Elimination, Monitoring Act, Morris Trudeau, On May, Ontario, Parliament, Pointe-Claire
related to Banning production and sale in cosmetics · 20
Microbead → Burt's Bees, Crest, Due, Dutch, February, Flora International, In, Ives, Johnson, L'Oréal, Lastly, North Sea Foundation, Plastic Soup Foundation, Some, St, The, There, UK-based NGO Fauna, United Nations Environment Programme, United States
related to Ireland · 19
Microbead → Bill, Community, Coveney's, Eoghan Murphy, EU's, EU-wide, February, Fine Gael, Green Party, Housing, In June, In November, Local Government, Microbeads, Minister, Planning, Prohibition, Simon Coveney, The
related to Regional differences · 15
Microbead → American, Canada, Canada's, Canadian, Climate Change Canada, Congress, ECCC, Environment, For, Microbead-Free Waters Act, On, Sierra Club, The, United States, While
related to Netherlands · 14
Microbead → Among, Colgate-Palmolive, Dutch, Environment Mansveld, Henkel, Infrastructure, Johnson, L'Oréal, NCV, NCV's, Nederlandse Cosmetica Vereniging, State Secretary, The Netherlands, Unilever
has effect · 12
Microbead → As, Europe, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, Microbeads, New York, One, Some, State University, The, When, WWTPs
related to United Kingdom · 9
Microbead → England, January, June, March, Northern Ireland, Scotland, The, The British, Wales
related to Types · 8
Microbead → Low, Microbeads, PA, PE, PET, PMMA, PP, The
related to Use · 6
Microbead → Colored, In, Microbeads, Smoothness, Sphericity, They
related to Australia · 4
Microbead → An, In, November, The New South Wales

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microbeads products ban 2015 cosmetics plastic rinse-off polyethylene banned personal care environmental canada united bill pollution act also state particle

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
polypropyleneinstance ofThey are most frequently made of polyethylene but can be of other petrochemical plastics0.80text
polystyreneinstance ofThey are most frequently made of polyethylene but can be of other petrochemical plastics0.80text
polyethyleneinstance ofand are typically created using material0.80text
polypropyleneinstance ofThe most frequently used materials are polyethylene or other petrochemical plastics0.80text
polystyreneinstance ofThe most frequently used materials are polyethylene or other petrochemical plastics0.80text
polychlorinated biphenylsinstance ofHarmful chemicals thus transferred can include hydrophobic pollutants that collect on the surface of the water0.80text
Unileverinstance ofAmong the NCV's members are large multinationals0.80text
L'Oréalinstance ofAmong the NCV's members are large multinationals0.80text
Colgate-Palmoliveinstance ofAmong the NCV's members are large multinationals0.80text
Henkelinstance ofAmong the NCV's members are large multinationals0.80text
and Johnsoninstance ofAmong the NCV's members are large multinationals0.80text
Microbeadhas effectWhen0.60section

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