Britain to ban plastic wet wipes in world first after Mail campaign

Britain is to ban the billions of toxic plastic wet wipes which clog sewers, blight the environment and threaten health, in a world first.

The wipes, which are often flushed down toilets, go on to break down into microplastics and contaminate water supplies.

It is known that these particles can then harm insects, ecosystems and even threaten human health.

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