塑料微珠是化妆品中常用的添加成分,起到磨损角质、剥落死皮的作用。一瓶化妆产品,如角质霜中会包含成千上万粒塑料珠。但这些塑料珠非常细小,以至于污水处理工厂不能将其过滤出。因此环保专家认为,这些塑料微珠会造成水道污染。科学家还表示,由于塑料微珠不可分解且有毒性,当其被鱼类、贝类等海洋生物食用后,将经由食物链返回至人类,对人类的健康构成 Plastic beads are commonly used in cosmetic ingredients, play a horny, exfoliating dead skin. A bottle of makeup products, such as horny cream, will contain thousands of plastic beads. However, these plastic beads are so small that they can not be filtered out by the wastewater treatment plant. Therefore, environmental experts believe that these plastic beads will cause water pollution. Scientists also said that as the plastic beads are not decomposable and toxic, when they are consumed by marine life such as fish and shellfish, they will be returned to humans via the food chain and pose a health hazard to human beings