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 ...
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Bugworks: Innovating a novel class of antibiotics, cancer drugs
The founders of Bugworks Research are attempting to bring to market a new class of antibiotics--a first in almost half a ...
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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Scientists reveal one piece of chewing gum could expose you to thousands of microplastics
They found that most gums released an average of 100 microplastics per gram of gum ... However, one expert believes an issue with the experiment could explain the surprising findings that natural ...
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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 ...