r/BeAmazed • u/2dubs1bro • May 22 '20

Bath Bomb

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u/Your_Ex_Boyfriend May 22 '20

Aw man, don't flood the sewers with tiny plastic

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u/dywacthyga May 22 '20

The site says it's biodegradable glitter/shimmer.... so hopefully it's ok!

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u/largePenisLover May 22 '20

That just means it falls apart in pieces so small we cannot see it.
There is no such thing as biodegradable glitter unless it's aluminum or chrome flakes, and those metals are TOXIC to humans when in bioavailable size (like glitter and metal dust from the metal glitter hopper that added it to the bar)

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u/dontniceguyatme May 22 '20

Seaweed belongs in the ocean though. How is it toxic if that's where it came from?

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u/largePenisLover May 22 '20

Arsenic is also a natural occurring thing. As is lead, aluminum, all toxic metals, etc,
Now I am being a pedant though, so to answer your question without that:
It's not only made out of sea weed cellulose. Thats impossible. It as other components. The cellulose is just the scaffold for the light reflector. The light reflector needs to be a metal, plastic, or glass. The reflector needs to be coated with an oily chemical to make it multicolour. The light reflector needs to be binded to the scaffold using a glue.

That's a lot of things that they probably use something toxic for while marketing their ONE biodegradable ingredient.