“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

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The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two minutes of chewing—thanks to the mechanical action, rather than the enzymatic ...

Polymers are chemical compounds with long chains of large and repetitive ... shed depended on the chewing time. To identify the types and amounts of microplastics in gum, the authors used various ...

“However, the IARC has classified it as a possible carcinogen when inhaled in large amounts—though this concern is more relevant for industrial exposure rather than chewing gum,” said Dr Georg ...

Instead, “both synthetic and natural gums had similar amounts of microplastics released when we chewed them,” Lowe said. The release says large ... subjects chewing a piece of gum for four ...

Polymer are large molecules made up of many ... tens of thousands of microplastics per year, gum chewing could greatly increase the amount they ingest. Ms Lowe said: “Surprisingly, both ...

A typical piece of gum weighs between 2 and 6 grams, meaning a large piece of gum ... of microplastics per year, gum chewing could greatly increase the ingested amount. "Surprisingly, both ...