THE WHAT? The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued compliance notices to six cosmetics companies after testing revealed the presence of banned microbeads in nine personal ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a microplastics bill that would have expanded a 2015 ban on microbeads in personal care products. Environmentalists criticized the governor for rejecting what ...

A total of 20 states and territories have been granted extensions to submit their final BEAD proposals, NTIA has announced. A September 4 deadline for states and territories to submit their revised ...

Fat-blocking microbeads made with green tea, vitamin E, and seaweed could offer a new way to lose weight and a potential alternative to popular GLP-1 drugs and bariatric surgery, according to ...

South Africa is enacting new rules against microplastic pollution, according to Smile. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has published a draft regulation that would prohibit ...

Plant-based microbeads made from everyday ingredients like green tea and seaweed have helped mice shed weight by trapping fats in the gut, reports a new study published in Cell Biomaterials.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2025 — Weight-loss interventions, including gastric bypass surgery and drugs that prevent dietary fat absorption, can be invasive or have negative side effects. Now, researchers ...

Feeding rats edible microbeads designed to absorb fat helps them lose weight. One day the beads could be used in human foods and drinks to prevent or treat obesity in people. To that end, Yue Wu at ...

California has inched closer to reducing the amount of plastic making its way into common beauty products. If enacted, AB 823 would prevent the sale, production, or distribution of products containing ...