Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015

Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015

Long title	An act to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the manufacture and introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of rinse-off cosmetics containing intentionally-added plastic microbeads
Enacted by	the 114th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 114–114 (text) (PDF)
Codification
Acts amended	Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
Titles amended	21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs
U.S.C. sections amended	21 U.S.C. ch. 9 § 301
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 1321 by Frank Pallone (D–NJ) on 2015-03-04 Committee consideration by House Committee on Energy and Commerce Signed into law by President Barack Obama on 2015-12-28

The Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 is a United States law that prohibits the addition of plastic microbeads in the manufacturing of certain personal care products, such as toothpaste. The purpose of the law is to reduce water pollution caused by these products. Manufacture of the microbead-containing products was prohibited in July 2017, and retail sales are prohibited as of July 2018.^[1]