By Ottawa Metro News, November 4, 2016
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will ban the sale of shower gels, toothpaste and facial scrubs containing plastic microbeads, effective July 1, 2018.
A notice published Friday in the Canada Gazette serves as final notice on the long-running environmental complaint, and it sets Canada on a timetable that follows the United States for removing the tiny pollutant from Canadian waters.
Microbeads found in natural health products and non-prescription drugs will be prohibited a year later, on July 1, 2019.
http://www.metronews.ca/news/ottawa/2016/11/04/feds-move-to-ban-plastic-microbeads-in-toiletries-by-2018.html