The bill would have expanded on a 2015 law that prohibits plastic microbeads in products like face scrubs and soaps.
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"We know it's happening. We need change. We demand better," an 11-year-old girl said at a march in Thailand. Protesters are calling for net-zero carbon emissions and other changes. -
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