![]() ![]() Scientists endorse our view that too little is yet known about the degradability and toxicity of synthetic polymers for people and the environment to simply allow them unregulated access to the European market. This includes all possible synthetic polymers, whether added in solid, liquid, semi-liquid or water-soluble form, as well as nanoplastics and biodegradable plastics. Of the products studied, 87% were found to contain microplastics. Plastic: The Hidden Beauty Ingredient is a report of the first-ever large-scale study of the presence of microplastics in over seven thousand different cosmetic and personal care products. On March 24, scientists from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the VUmc demonstrated for the first time the presence of synthetic polymers in human blood in almost 80% of the test subjects studied. In addition, more and more scientists are concerned about the potential impact on human health. This report comes on the eve of the new EU restriction on the deliberate addition of microplastics to all kinds of products, a form of environmental pollution that is irreversible. Plastic Soup Foundation will publish the report Plastic: The Hidden Beauty Ingredient on April 7. For the study, 7,704 cosmetic and personal care products from the ten most popular brands of the four largest cosmetics manufacturers in Europe were reviewed.Prominent scientists endorse Plastic Soup Foundation’s call for synthetic polymers to be examined for their harmfulness before allowing them to enter the European market.The EU is threatening to adopt a hollowed-out law that applies to less than 4% of synthetic polymers used in cosmetics.New research from Plastic Soup Foundation shows that 87% of products from the ten best-selling cosmetics brands contain microplastics.New EU legislation will only address a fraction of the problem if it does not cover all types of microplastics We have changed this in the article below and in our report “Plastic: The Hidden Beauty Ingredient”. Unfortunately, this turns out to be only one: Nivea. Small change: earlier we mentioned that only two (Nivea & Elvive/Elseve) of the ten brands we surveyed mention ‘microplastics’ in their public sustainability plans. ![]()
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