Microplastics now detected in chewing gum — as particles linked to 3 chronic diseases
Not to burst your bubble, but your gum might be packed with plastic. A new study found that chewing a single piece releases ...
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: 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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Scientists reveal one piece of chewing gum could expose you to thousands of microplastics
Chewing a single piece of gum could release ... between 160 and 180 small pieces of gum a year could swallow around 30,000 microplastics. However, one expert believes an issue with the experiment ...
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Chewing gum dirty secret: Bubble gum detonates microplastic bombs in your mouth
And now, researchers are finding them in chewing gum. A pilot study revealed that chewing gum releases hundreds of these ...
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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.
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Your Gum Is Shedding Microplastics into Your Saliva
The rate at which chewing gum releases microplastics in saliva is quite astonishing. The test suggests that within eight ...
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A single piece of bubble gum is at the center of the murder case against ex-NFL player Aaron Hernandez
Various witnesses in the murder trial of former New England patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez testified Wednesday about a significant piece of evidence - a piece of blue bubble gum. The gum could ...