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Microplastics gumming up chewing gum

Stick of chewing gum sits in its opened wrapper

We're running out of things we can safely enjoy. According to a pilot study presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), earlier this year, chewing on just one stick of gum is enough to release thousands of bits of microplastic into our saliva. — Read the rest

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