By Lindsey Hoshaw, KQED News Fix/KQED Science
In a win for environmentalists, Gov. Jerry Brown signed 23 bills on Thursday, banning plastic microbeads, boosting composting and divesting public retirement funds from coal.
The microbead ban, AB888, outlaws the sale of cosmetics and toothpaste that contain tiny plastic particles, which pollute waterways and are known to harm wildlife.
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