Chewing Gum Releases Thousands of Microplastics Into Our Saliva, Researchers Find
Researchers tested ten different chewing gum brands, and found no difference between synthetic and natural gum.
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 ...
Chewing Gum Releases Microplastics Into Your Mouth, Scientists Warn
The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two ...
Scientists reveal one piece of chewing gum could expose you to thousands of microplastics
Chewing a single piece of gum could release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study has warned.
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expert reaction to study looking at the number of microplastics found in chewing gum
A preprint published at the American Chemical Society Spring Meeting looks at microplastics in chewing gum. “The manuscript reports on the presence of microplastics in natural and synthetic chewing ...
Communion wafer thought to be a ‘miracle’ actually just covered in bacteria, lab analysis says
A biochemical analysis revealed only “fungus and three different species of bacteria, all of which are commonly found on ...
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A bacterial network of T3SS effectors counteracts host pro-inflammatory responses and cell death to promote infection
Host cells activate cell death pathways in response to bacterial manipulation of innate immune signalling, but the molecular ...