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Most Chewing Gum Is Essentially Plastic, Filling Your Mouth with MicroplasticsLearn more about the tiny particles that can come off of your gum - what is essentially a soft piece of plastic - as you chew ...
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Gum Can Release Thousands of Tiny Plastic Particles Into Your MouthA new study showed that chewing gum releases microplastics, which can then be swallowed and absorbed by the body.
A new study found that chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. Both synthetic and natural ...
Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum ...
A new study finds that one piece of gum can release hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of microplastics into your saliva. And ...
means that packaging made from or coated in the gum could help prevent oxidation, extending the shelf life of food products, says Utsunomiya. “Today, many foods are packaged in plastic sheets ...
Yum! Eventually most of the sweetener and flavoring slide down your throat with your saliva and the great taste becomes a memory. Gum base does not dissolve in saliva. This is why you lose the ...
And if you redecorate your home and sand down the old paintwork, the plastic binders in the paint can release microplastics ...
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