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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 of microplastics.

ScienceAlert · 18h

Chewing Gum Releases Hundreds of Microplastics In Your Mouth, Study Finds

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet.

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Chewing gum shedding microplastics into our bodies, researchers warn

Chewing gum can secrete tiny plastic particles into saliva and bloodstreams, scientists in the US and China say, pointing to the latest source of microplastics in the human body. In a paper presented at the American Chemical Society (ACS) spring meeting on March 25,

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Scientists issue warning after making disturbing find in chewing gum: 'The people I talk to are always surprised ... when they find out'

Most manufacturers don’t advertise what the item is actually made of. Scientists issue warning after making disturbing find ...

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Microplastics linked to 3 chronic diseases — and now they’ve been detected in gum

A new study suggests that you could be ingesting thousands of microplastics every time you chew gum. This discovery comes ...

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