This stuff still exists in my country, and the expensive toothpaste my mother bought is one of them 🙂

Inalways thought that those were like the crunchy exterior of chewing gum, but as little glitter pellet things

That's not micro though?

I remember when I found out that shit was plastic. I always assumed they were organic material of some kind, like the body scrubs with the crushed up walnut shell in it (which probably has fucking microplastic in it, too). So disgusting.

This is why we need to change how shit works. It shouldn't go: company does some shit > fall out > government steps in. It should go: company has an idea > must get permission first from environmental agencies

Oh I'd somehow forgotten this era

That shit was in everything non solid for like 2 years

Please, do name and shame.

Reasons we need more oversight and regulations for these corporate snake oil salesmen. This shit should be a crime against humanity and every damn company that put that shit into their products should be abolished.

Don’t like thinking about how much of that probably made it to my brain, organs, and muscles :)