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