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,” Lisa Lowe, the study’s co-collaborator and a graduate student in Mohanty’s lab, explained in a statement. (Yes, certain types of synthetic gum contain petroleum-based polymers.)
When you chew gum, you’re essentially gnawing on plastic.
A SINGLE piece of chewing gum releases thousands of toxic microplastics into your mouth to be swallowed, scientists have ...
A new study suggests that you could be ingesting thousands of microplastics every time you chew gum. This discovery comes ...
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When you chew gum, you’re essentially gnawing on plastic.
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