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Welcome to another edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home podcast.

I'm Reggie Rizzou with Marcus Path, bringing you some of the most interesting stories of the day.

Taking a look at today's episode, EU's ban of microplastics.

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Well, you may have come across this story prior to the Thanksgiving holiday as the European Union recently enacted a law banning the use of intentionally added microplastics.

Now, this isn't a term, Reggie, that I was familiar with prior to reading this story,

despite the fact, microplastics have been banned in the U.S. since 2015.

So what are they? Let's define them for everybody.

The term itself is a bit on the nose.

Microplastics or microbeads, as some people call them, are tiny pieces of plastic,

typically smaller than five millimeters in length, often found in health and beauty products,

including soap and body wash, as well as some plastic

glitters for that matter. Under the terms of this new EU ban, some products have been granted

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