If You Chew Gum, This Is How Many Pieces of Microplastic You Could Be Ingesting Every Year
A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces ...
Chewing Gum Releases Thousands of Microplastics Into Our Saliva, Researchers Find
Researchers tested ten different chewing gum brands, and found no difference between synthetic and natural gum.
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Gum Can Release Thousands of Tiny Plastic Particles Into Your Mouth
A new study showed that chewing gum releases microplastics, which can then be swallowed and absorbed by the body.
The Manhattan Mercury2h
Gum May Be a Hidden Source of Microplastics
A new study finds that one piece of gum can release hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of microplastics into your saliva. And ...
Chewing gum can shed hundreds of microplastics into your mouth
“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...
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Your Gum Is Shedding Microplastics into Your Saliva
Stop munching on that plastic. The U.S. National Institute of Health estimates that over 350 billion pieces of chewing gum ...
The Philadelphia Tribune28m
Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, research finds
Are you keeping a mental list of all the sources of microplastics finding their way into your daily life? You may have another culprit to consider: It’s gum, according to ...