By unanimous vote, the US Senate passed the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015.†This Act defines “plastic microbeads†as any solid particle less than five (5) millimeters that is intended to exfoliate or cleanse the human body. The manufacturing ban begins July 1st, 2017 and the commerce ban begins July 1st, 2018. This legislation will most likely be passed into law by the President.