A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces ...

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Gum is made of plastic, and chewing both synthetic and natural gums could release microplastics into your mouth, according to ...

The rate at which chewing gum releases microplastics in saliva is quite astonishing. The test suggests that within eight ...

a single piece could release up to 3,000 plastic particles. “Surprisingly, both synthetic and natural gums had similar amounts of microplastics released when we chewed them,” Lowe noted.

Learn more about the tiny particles that can come off of your gum - what is essentially a soft piece of plastic - as you chew ...

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Exposure to the pieces depends on the size of the strips and how long they’re chewed (Getty Images/iStock) The researchers note that scientists estimate humans consume tens of thousands of ...

Prof Mohanty said they wanted to reduce the human factor of varied chewing patterns and saliva, so they had seven pieces from each brand all chewed by ... gum could release up to 3,000 plastic ...

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