I just read this article about how the Unilever company has just announced that it will quit using plastic micro beads in some of their exfoliating soap products.

Wow! I immediately thought of NABBW member Goffinet McLaren, and her book "Sullie Saves the Seas," which I reviewed in September. Goffinet's book is a kids fiction book but really brings home the problem of plastics floating in our oceans.

I had no idea any manufacturer was using PLASTIC micro beads in skin exfoliation products. I always thought the "grit" used for exfoliation in our skin care products was something more natural, like ground up walnut hulls.

This is truly scary, when you start to think about how this plastic can get into marine animals, and thus, into us! EEEK!

By the way, if you haven't read Goffinet's book, here's a link to the NABBW review of "Sullie Saves the Seas."