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Just asked the face painters in my employ to stop using it. - Saturday nights won't be the same...
But no there is, at present, no direct link between harm in humans and microplastics.
Why does it need to be harmful to humans in particular for it to be an issue? That kind of attitude is why we have royally ****ed over pretty much every other species for our own benefit.
If it's bad for species other than humans, and there are alternatives, why not make the change?
I really really want to help with the glitter crisis (?), but nowhere in my life, except on the odd card purchased from one of those cheap card shops, do I have anything to do with the stuff.
Can we ban Stripper Glitter?
That stuff is a nightmare to get out off your going out slacks...
regardless of how impactful this is, I'm going to use it as an excuse to ban it from my house.
there's a dead bird in my garden - I might put some glitter in its beak and use it as anti-glitter propaganda with the kids.
LOls at bill oddie & brakes!
Amazing how many people saying you can ignore it because it's a small problem. Yes, it might be small, but it's extremely easy to do something about. Just don't buy the stuff. Other issues like food packaging are actually harder to solve. Not buying glitter requires literally no effort whatsoever.
It also illustrates a deeper point. We have to think about everything we do, even if it's little, because all the little things add up. Glitter is just one more pointless frivolous thing that is harming the environment in a small way. Not just because it gets into the watercourses etc, but because somewhere there's a factory buying in petrochemicals, using energy to make the stuff, then it's being shipped all over the world all so we can go 'hmm, sparkly'. That's it. What a totally pointless waste of resources.
You can make nice stuff without it, you can paint, draw, create, express yourself properly without using glitter. It's just not important.
I'm stockpiling it now, before it gets banned.
You can make nice stuff without it, you can paint, draw, create, express yourself properly without using glitter. It’s just not important.
Yeah, but there's plenty a masterpiece that would be a lot better with a bit of glitter: can you imagine Turner or Monet let loose with the sparkly stuff???
I’ve never bought glitter.
I’ve never bought glitter.
Finally, the mystery of the notorious Northumbrian Glitter Thief has been solved
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Gary Glitter. Glad he got banned.
Damn it I’ve been rumbled.
Damn it I’ve been rumbled.
....and then shaken and tapped onto a big bit of newspaper
It’s important to recycle.
Kenneth yes my post was a reply to one earlier where I tried to point out that it probably has an effect on our food chain and environment even if no direct effect on us has been found, or investigated, yet