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Remember when the body washes contained literal micro plastics and were advertised as such? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I thought Axe Snakepeel was so cool. I thought it had titanium beads. Turns out, the beads were plastic and titanium (dioxide) was normal soap stuff (though I think just to artificially make the soap opaque). It disappeared before I was aware

[–] moody@lemmings.world 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Titanium dioxide is often used as a white pigment

[–] WantsToPetYourKitty@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I work in the plastics industry. TiO2 is definitely our pigment of choice for white colorant

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 2 points 6 months ago

God knows how many KG of that I lifted in the few years I worked in plastics