Instead, “both synthetic and natural gums had similar amounts of microplastics released when we chewed them,” Lowe said. The release says large pieces of gum release up to 3,000 pieces of.micr ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A recent study found that chewing gum can release up to thousands of microplastics per piece and potentially be ingested, according to researchers. Lisa Lowe and Jamie ...

plastic tea bags), but chewing gum is the only food that is made up of plastics. Yet, most don’t know. We wanted to measure microplastics in chewing gum. This is important to estimate total ...

Now, chewing gum could be added to the list ... meaning a large piece of gum could release up to 3,000 plastic particles. If the average person chews 160 to 180 small sticks of gum per year ...

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On Monday night, Dodgers fans were treated to just that, and no one was more sure of the dinger than third base coach Dino Ebel, who, in a delightful turn of events, was mic’d up and ...

Given that large pieces of gum can weigh in at up to six grams, as many as 3,000 plastic particles could be released into one's mouth—and a regular chewing gum habit could significantly increase ...

Now you can add your favorite chewing gum to the list ... and the results revealed that each gram of gum can release up to 637 microplastic particles, with almost all released within eight ...