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Chewing gum shedding microplastics into our bodies, researchers warn
Chewing gum can secrete tiny plastic particles into saliva and bloodstreams, scientists in the US and China say, pointing to the latest source of microplastics in the human body.  In a paper presented ...
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 ...
Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, research finds
Analysis revealed that just 1 gram of chewing gum released approximately 100 microplastics on average, with 1 gram of some ...
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 ...