The Most Important Ingredient in Chewing Gum
When you chew gum, you’re essentially gnawing on plastic.
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 ...
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Gum Can Release Thousands of Tiny Plastic Particles Into Your Mouth
A new study showed that chewing gum releases microplastics, which can then be swallowed and absorbed by the body.
Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem
Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum ...
How chewing gum contributes to plastic pollution—and how to reduce its environmental impact
Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar to the plastic material used in car ...
Gum May Be a Hidden Source of Microplastics
A new study finds that one piece of gum can release hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of microplastics into your saliva. And ...
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 ...
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Chewing gum is shedding harmful microplastics into your saliva, study finds
Chewing gums are made from a rubbery base, sweetener, flavorings, and other ingredients. Natural gum products use a plant-based polymer, such as chicle or other tree sap, to achieve the right ...
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 ...
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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 ...