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Yes but then aren't you polluting the water? Where are you going to dump the water? Recently legislation was passed to ban micro particles from abrasive soaps a
by ryandonner 11y ago
Yes but then aren't you polluting the water? Where are you going to dump the water? Recently legislation was passed to ban micro particles from abrasive soaps and creams because they ended up in the water supply from people flushing them down the drains.
See: http://www.npr.org/2014/05/21/313157701/why-those-tiny-microbeads-in-soap-may-pose-problem-for-great-lakes http://www.npr.org/2014/05/21/313157701/why-those-tiny-micro...
This does not seem like a real solution, it only moves the problem somewhere else.
- Animats 11y agoThere's biodegradable ABS [1] but it's not clear that it would degrade much in water. [1] http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/08/14/biodegradable-abs-filament-thanks-to-our-friends-bacteria/ http://3dprintingindustry.com/2015/08/14/biodegradable-abs-f...
- a_puppy 11y ago"Microbeads" are generally from 10 micrometers to 1 millimeter in diameter. [0] Ultrafine particles are less than 100 nanometers in diameter. [1] So while there could be environmental effects from ultrafine particles, the analogy to microbeads isn't necessarily correct. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbead [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrafine_particle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrafine_particle