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If You Chew Gum, This Is How Many Pieces of Microplastic You Could Be Ingesting Every Year
“The plastic released into saliva is a small fraction of the plastic that’s in the gum,” Mohanty said in the release. “So, be mindful about the environment and don’t just throw it ...
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Most Chewing Gum Is Essentially Plastic, Filling Your Mouth with Microplastics
In fact, it’s thought that our food, our drinks, and our plastic packaging can cause us to ingest tens of thousands of microplastics each year, with every piece sitting at around 1 micrometer to 5 ...
Fast Company6d
Every time you chew gum, you’re filling your mouth with plastic
When you pop a piece of gum in your mouth, you might be hoping to freshen your breath, relieve some stress, or just get a bit of flavor. But you could also be getting thousands of microplastics ...
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Gum Can Release Thousands of Tiny Plastic Particles Into Your Mouth
Here’s something else to think about: Scientists have found that chewing just one piece of gum can release hundreds to thousands of tiny plastic pieces into our saliva that are likely to be ...
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Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, research finds
"Chewing gum is one of the foods we chose because it is the only food where plastic polymer is used as an ingredient," Mohanty told CNN via email. "Other foods are contaminated with microplastics ...
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How chewing gum contributes to plastic pollution—and how to reduce its environmental impact
Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year . . . from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers ...