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Banning Microplastics in Cosmetic Products in Europe: Legal Challenges

Springer water 2017 8 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Esther Kentin

Summary

The EU faces legal hurdles in implementing a comprehensive ban on intentionally added microplastics in cosmetic products, as some member states have already enacted national bans on rinse-off products. Harmonizing these fragmented regulations under EU law is essential to closing a significant pathway for microplastic pollution entering waterways and oceans.

The sources of microplastics in the oceans—and in the Mediterranean Sea—are multiple. One of the sources are microplastics that are added to cosmetic products. Several states have adopted national bans on microplastics in rinse-off products. Before EU...

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