Scientists have found plastic fragments can shed off cutting boards, takeout containers and even laminated paper cups with each use.
Microplastics are parts of plastics that are smaller than 5 millimeters in length. There is empirical evidence that indicates ...
MPs are tiny plastic particles that originate from the breakdown of larger plastic items, such as microfibers from synthetic ...
On average, 100 microplastics are released per gram of chewing gum, with some pieces releasing as many as 600 microplastics ...
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A new study led by Queen’s University Belfast has demonstrated how potentially harmful materials can enter the body from ...
More than 250,000 microplastics (MPs) were detected in the saliva of a person after one hour of chewing a single piece of gum ...
Microplastics are in our water, air and seafood. It's been recently discovered to be in chewing gum, too. Here's what to know ...
Chewing gum has been added to the growing list of things that lead us to ingest hundreds and thousands of microplastics. But ...
Some plastic pieces are endocrine disruptors, interfering with brain-function-regulating hormones. This may influence mood, ...
People who chew around 180 pieces of gum a year could be ingesting roughly 30,000 microplastics, the researchers said.