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The president took part in a CNN forum in an effort to engage with those skeptical of his motives.
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Beginning in mid-2017, the tiny plastic balls will be prohibited in bath and beauty items such as soaps, scrubs and toothpaste. Hundreds of products using them wash into waterways, harming wildlife, researchers said.
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