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| http://upton.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=398539 | Upton Committee Advances Bill to Ban Use of Microbeads | 2015-11-18 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Republican | House | MI | Fred Upton | U000031 | upton.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, today joined all of his colleagues on the House Energy and Commerce Committee in voting to advance H.R. 1321, the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015. Upton is an original cosponsor of the bipartisan legislation with Rep. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey. Microbeads may be tiny plastic but they are big time pollution, especially for our Great Lakes," said Upton, who chairs the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Todays unanimous approval of this critical bipartisan bill will protect Lake Michigan and all of our waters from these pesky pieces of plastic. On their own, microbeads are nearly invisible, but once theyve been flushed down the drain is where the trouble begins. Microbeads are causing mega-problems, and were going to fix it. The Alliance for the Great Lakes supports the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, said Molly M. Flanagan, Vice President of Policy at the Alliance for the Great Lakes. This legislation will protect the Great Lakes from plastic microbeads that are fouling our waters and contaminating fish. Thank you to Congressmen Pallone and Upton for their leadership in solving this national problem. H.R. 1321 will ban the use of microbeads in rinse off cosmetic products. The ban on manufacturing microbeads will begin on July 1, 2017, the ban manufacturing over-the-counter drugs and on sales of cosmetics with microbeads will begin on July 1, 2018, and the ban on sales of over-the-counter drugs containing microbeads will begin July 1, 2019. H.R. 1321 is expected to be considered on the House floor in the near future. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |