Not to burst your bubble, but your gum might be packed with plastic. A new study found that chewing a single piece releases ...
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Chewing gum dirty secret: Bubble gum detonates microplastic bombs in your mouthAnd now, researchers are finding them in chewing gum. A pilot study revealed that chewing gum releases hundreds of these ...
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Your Gum Is Shedding Microplastics into Your SalivaThe rate at which chewing gum releases microplastics in saliva is quite astonishing. The test suggests that within eight ...
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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 both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces ...
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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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 ...
When you chew gum, you’re essentially gnawing on plastic.
To lower the risk of being exposed to microplastics from gum, Ms Lowe suggests chewing one piece for longer instead of starting a new one. The study could only identify larger 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 ...
Stock image of someone blowing a gum bubble.
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