Have you ever wondered about those small glittering beads found in toothpastes, face washes, scrubs, nail paints, sunscreens, lotions, shaving creams and other personal care products? They are making the consumers ill, directly and indirectly. In some of these products, one can see microbeads—which are classified as microplastics—and in others one can’t. Microplastics are those plastics less than 5 millimetres in size. The microbeads used in cosmetic products are less than 1 millimetre in size. The study done by New Delhi-based Toxics Link, has, for the first time, confirmed presence of microplastics in cosmetic products available in India as well.
— source downtoearth.org.in