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Tony Bark@pawb.social to science@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study finds

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Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study finds

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Tony Bark@pawb.social to science@lemmy.world · 1 month ago
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Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study finds - American Chemical Society
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Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles called microplastics. Now, chewing gum could be added to the list. In a pilot study, researchers found that chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into saliva and potentially be ingested.
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    Isn’t it mostly tires? Which is just another reason humanity has to be cured of this insane car-craziness.

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      Tires are there biggest ones, yeah, but number two is shedding from synthetic clothing creation and laundering

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      I think micro plastics are in all the water everywhere.

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        We’re talking about their major sources, not where they’re now consequently found

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