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 ...
Love chewing gum? You're probably ingesting microplastic particles, research says
While often marketed as a harmless, chewy sweet, most mass-produced gums, including prominent names like Wrigley, are made ...
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Chewing gum releases microplastics into the mouth, new research finds
Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers have said, also warning of ...
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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'
As detailed by Futurism, microplastics expert David Jones of the United Kingdom's University of Portsmouth revealed in an ...
Researchers Warn: Chewing Gum Could Be Adding Thousands of Microplastics to Your Body
Chewing gum can release thousands of microplastics into saliva. Scientists say more research is needed but suggest chewing ...
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Microplastics gumming up chewing gum
We're running out of things we can safely enjoy. According to a pilot study presented at a meeting of the American Chemical ...
The Most Important Ingredient in Chewing Gum
When you chew gum, you’re essentially gnawing on plastic.
How chewing gum contributes to plastic pollution—and how to reduce its environmental impact
Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar to the plastic material used in car ...
Chewing gum can shed hundreds of microplastics into your mouth
“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...
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Chewing Gum Could Release Thousands of Microplastics Into Saliva, Study Finds
Yes, I am very surprised with this study, and not pleasantly so. When chewing gum, most people tend to swallow their saliva, ...
Chewing gum is shedding harmful microplastics into your saliva, study finds
Microplastics —tiny plastic bits that can take hundreds of years to break down—are everywhere, from tap water to tea bags, ...
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Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study finds
Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles ...