(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7pyYeyOsDI)
seen from United Arab Emirates

seen from T1
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Chile
seen from Algeria
seen from United Arab Emirates

seen from Malaysia

seen from Netherlands

seen from United States

seen from United States

seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Iraq

seen from Canada

seen from Uruguay
seen from Singapore
seen from Spain

seen from Germany
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7pyYeyOsDI)
Federal Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 sailed through Congress, but there's more work to be done in 2016 to prevent other microplastics from polluting our waterways: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/science/ban-on-microbeads-proves-easy-to-pass-through-pipeline.html?_r=1
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Microbead-Free Waters Act: http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/pft/2015/12/4/a-microbead-ban-for-the-whole-country
I was reading about the dangers of microbeads recently, and in this article I didn't realize how pervasive they actually are in our daily beauty routines. Check your labels and products!