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Originally Posted by DanaC
Don't plastics contain oestrogen? Or is that an urban myth?
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I don't know, but a NZ researcher has recently published an article about facial cleansers being dangerous to the aquatic environment. Apparently the 'micro-beads' they use these days are plastic as opposed to traditionally being apricot husks etc. So anyway, little teeny tiny fishies (krill etc) are gobbling them up and apprently it's no so good for them.
Sounded like a bit of BS to me in that the impact is likely to be marginal, however it was interesting to know that even those sorts of things can have an effect on our environment.
As I said to Dazza, it doesn't make much difference to my way of life, but I'll try not to choose those types of cleansers although I usually use organic stuff because my skin is pretty sensitive to begin with.