Ditch your chewing gum and opt for mints or fresh herbs, here's why
A recent study results suggests that chewing gum may release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva, which could ...
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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If You Chew Gum, This Is How Many Pieces of Microplastic You Could Be Ingesting Every Year
with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces Getty Chewing gum can shed microplastics — and natural and synthetic gums contain “similar amounts of microplastics.” Each stick of gum ...
Chewing Gum Releases Microplastics Into Your Mouth, Scientists Warn
The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two ...
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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You May Be Horrified When You Learn What Chewing Gum Is Actually Made From
In an essay for The Conversation, microplastics expert David Jones of the UK's University of Portsmouth revealed that most ...
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 ...
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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 ...