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Your Gum Is Shedding Microplastics into Your Saliva
The rate at which chewing gum releases microplastics in saliva is quite astonishing. The test suggests that within eight ...
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 ...
Every time you chew gum, you’re filling your mouth with plastic
Gum is made of plastic, and chewing both synthetic and natural gums could release microplastics into your mouth, according to ...
Microplastics now detected in chewing gum — as particles linked to 3 chronic diseases
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 found to release microplastics into saliva
A study by the American Chemical Society finds chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva, ...