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Did you know chewing gum might expose you to microplastics?
A recent study found that both regular and “natural” gums can release hundreds of microplastic particles into your saliva — most within the first 2 minutes of chewing.

If you chew gum regularly, that could mean swallowing up to 30,000 plastic particles a year.

The health impact is still unclear, but this discovery highlights yet another everyday source of microplastic exposure — one most of us never considered.

Did you know chewing gum might expose you to microplastics?
A recent study found that both regular and “natural” gums can release hundreds of microplastic particles into your saliva — most within the first 2 minutes of chewing.

If you chew gum regularly, that could mean swallowing up to 30,000 plastic particles a year.

The health impact is still unclear, but this discovery highlights yet another everyday source of microplastic exposure — one most of us never considered.





https://www.healthline.com/health-news/chewing-gum-microplastics-saliva-study?hl=en-US

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I was previously concerned about the amount of sugar it brought to our body- never wanna chew gum again 😑

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yea 😑
too much chewing can strain your jaw or cause bloating. most gums also pollute the environment

So it's better not to overuse them