Scientific Evidence Supports a Ban on Microbeads

Chelsea M. Rochman,*,†,‡ Sara M. Kross,†,§ Jonathan B. Armstrong,†,∥,@ Michael T. Bogan,†,⊥,@ Emily S. Darling,†,#,@ Stephanie J. Green,†,¶,@ Ashley R. Smyth,†,▲,@ and Diogo Verissimo†,▼,@ †David H. Smith Conservation Research Program, Society for Conservation Biology, Washington, DC 20001, United States ‡School of Veterinary Medicine, Aquatic Health Program, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616-8627, United States USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, United States Department of Environmental Science, Management and Policy, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-3114, United States Marine Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York 10460-1099, United States Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062, United States Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Department of Economics, Georgia State University, 33 Gilmer Street SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States