More than 250,000 microplastics (MPs) were detected in the saliva of a person after one hour of chewing a single piece of gum ...
Not to burst your bubble, but your gum might be packed with plastic. A new study found that chewing a single piece releases ...
A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces ...
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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.
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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