Microplastics can get into your body via chewing gum
They found that a gram (0.04 ounces) of gum released an average of 100 microplastic fragments, though some shed more than 600 ...
Chewing gum: another way for microplastics to enter your body?
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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Chewing gum releases microplastics into mouth, say researchers
Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people’s mouths, researchers said today, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet. The small study comes ...
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You May Be Horrified When You Learn What Chewing Gum Is Actually Made From
Plastic pollution may, as one researcher posits, be coming from a surprising source: chewing gum. In an essay for The ...
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Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, research finds
You may have another culprit to consider: It’s gum, according to a new pilot study that found chewing just one piece can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. The study is ...