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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#000099" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/nj_assembly_unanimously_approves_bill_banning_microbeads_-_plastic_particles_in_cosmetics.html">http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/nj_assembly_unanimously_approves_bill_banning_microbeads_-_plastic_particles_in_cosmetics.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<b><font size="7" color="#363636" face="prelo-slab"><span style="font-size:31.5pt;font-family:prelo-slab;color:#363636;font-weight:bold">Microbead ban passes N.J. Assembly, awaits Senate action<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:9.75pt;background:white"><font size="1" color="#666666" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#666666">A bill banning the use of microbeads, tiny plastic particles, in
toothpaste and cosmetic products was unanimously approved by the New Assembly on Monday.
<i><span style="font-style:italic">(File photo)</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<a href="http://connect.nj.com/user/saugenstein/posts.html"><b><font color="#305cb6"><span style="color:#305CB6;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">Seth Augenstein | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com</span></font></b></a>The Star-Ledger<br>
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on October 01, 2014 at 1:03 PM, updated October 01, 2014 at 4:12 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636"><a href="http://www.nj.com/trenton"><b><font color="#305cb6"><span style="color:#305CB6;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">TRENTON</span></font></b></a>
— A bill that would ban tiny plastic particles known as microbeads in all New Jersey toothpastes, faces washes and cosmetic products was unanimously passed by the state Assembly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636">The bill was approved 72-0 on Monday. A companion bill was introduced in the state Senate in June, and is expected to be on a subcommittee
agenda next week.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636">The bill would prohibit making, selling or promoting any of the cosmetics products, such as soap, face wash and toothpaste, with microbeads.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636">The concerns have chiefly centered around environmental impacts. Research has indicated that the tiny particles are not filtered out of
wastewater — and the synthetic pieces of plastic can make it into open waterways. Procter and Gamble, the makers of Crest toothpaste, have
<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/health/crest-will-eliminate-microbeads-from-its-toothpastes-97817594702.html">
<b><font color="#305cb6"><span style="color:#305CB6;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">reportedly pledged to discontinue the use of microbeads in the products</span></font></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636">Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan (D-Middlesex) said the bill had no opposition from lobbyists or other legislators
<a href="http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/09/nj_pols_propose_banning_plastic_microbeads_in_toothpaste_face_wash_soap.html">
<b><font color="#305cb6"><span style="color:#305CB6;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">as it came out of committee, two weeks ago</span></font></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636">Ed Waters, the director of government affairs for the industry group Chemistry Council of New Jersey, said today that the group was consulted
by the sponsors of the bill - and that amendments were made to give the industry time to "sell through" the products it has already manufactured. Industry groups the Council represents have already begun phasing out use of microbeads, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636">"The folks we represent are currently in the process of discontinuing the use of microbeads," Waters said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636">The Sierra Club in New Jersey said it would continue to support an outright ban of the particles.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636">“In New Jersey where two thirds of our drinking water come out of rivers and streams microbeads are ending up in our water supply and drinking
water. We are concerned it is not just about fish, but also about people.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636">State Sen. Linda Greenstein (D-Mercer and Middlesex) said the bill is expected to be before the senate's commerce committee next Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636">"I think it's a very good piece of legislation - we're at the forefront of this," said Greenstein, adding that a handful of states also
were moving toward full bans.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#363636" face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#363636">Illinois banned microbeads in June, following a study released last year which
<a href="http://www.marcuseriksen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Microplastic-pollution-in-the-surface-waters-of-the-Laurentian-Great-Lakes.pdf">
<b><font color="#305cb6"><span style="color:#305CB6;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none">found that an average of 43,000 particles per kilometer were counted in the Great Lakes</span></font></b></a>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Deborah L. DeBiasi</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Email: Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov</span></font></b><b><i><font size="2" color="red"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><br>
</span></font></i></b><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">WEB site address:
<a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/">www.deq.virginia.gov</a></span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Virginia Department of Environmental Quality</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Office of Water Permits
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx">http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/PermittingCompliance/PollutionDischargeElimination/Microconstituents.aspx</a></span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Mail: P.O. Box 1105, Richmond, VA 23218</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">Location: 629 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:navy"><br>
</span></font><font size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:navy">PH: 804-698-4028 FAX: 804-698-4032<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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