On the recordMay 16, 2016
We had this issue with microbeads, and we were successfully able in Congress to ban them because it had so many horrible effects for killing fish in a lot of our rivers and water bodies.
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congress.govKirsten Gillibrand: “We had this issue with microbeads, and we were successfully able in Congress to ban them because it had so many horrible…”
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Gillibrand discusses the harmful effects of microplastics on marine life.
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