Connecticut-2015-HB05403-Introduced


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5403*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 364
		00364
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. ROSE, 118th Dist. (By Request)

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF PERSONAL COSMETIC PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN MICROBEADS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the sale of personal cosmetic products, such as soaps, toothpastes and facial scrubs, that contain microbeads.

Statement of Purpose:

To prevent microbeads from entering the state's waterways and to prevent the toxins contained in such microbeads from bioaccumulating in fish and humans.