U.S. House approves bill to ban plastic microbeads

<> U.S. House approves bill to ban plastic microbeads - The House on Monday approved a bill by unanimous voice vote, co-sponsored by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), that would phase out the production and sale of tiny bits of plastic called microbeads in personal-care products, starting in 2017 -- the Microbead-Free Waters Act, sponsored by Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ). H.R.1321 - To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the manufacture and introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of rinse-off cosmetics containing intentionally-added plastic microbeads