Frustration over microplastics in skin care products

Hi. I recently realized how much microplastic (e.g. silicones) is added to skin care products.

Wastewater treatment plants can't filter out this mess so it'll end up contaminating waters, soils, and the oceans.

I also don't feel comfortable saturating my skin with petroleum refining waste products, but it's virtually impossible to avoid or such products are too expensive. I'm always using the 'beat the microbead' app together with WIMJ to identify plastic ingredients.

I'm really troubled by how much petroleum by-products, silicones, and other such pollutants are normalized in skin care media.

On WIMJ such ingredients are described as effective moisturizers. I understand that that's the case, and I really appreciate this database and all the guidance you provide. But these ingredients and their production are harmful for us at the end of the day, and right away for non-human nature.

Perhaps if there was more awareness about microplastics in products people would demand alternatives and manufacturers could be held liable for the pollution they cause…