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Chewing Gum Releases Tiny Plastic Pieces In Mouth: Researchers
Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning ...
Your favourite chewing gum might be hiding tiny plastic pieces, say scientists
A study shows chewing gum could release up to 600 microplastic fragments, raising awareness of ingestion and environmental ...
Plastic pyrolysis: Chemists explain a technique attempting to tackle plastic waste by bringing the heat
In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It's now about 400 million tons—an increase of nearly 20,000%.
If You Chew Gum, This Is How Many Pieces of Microplastic You Could Be Ingesting Every Year
A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces ...
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Supermarket Iceland recalls vegetable lasagne over plastic pieces warning
Supermarket Iceland has advised customers not to eat its vegetable lasagne because the product could contain pieces of ...
Single piece of chewing gum ‘releases thousands of toxic microplastics’ into your mouth – linked to cancer and dementia
A SINGLE piece of chewing gum releases thousands of toxic microplastics into your mouth to be swallowed, scientists have ...
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Your favourite chewing gum might be hiding tiny plastic pieces, say scientists
Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet. The small study ...
Three quarters of a million pieces of rubbish found on UK beaches
Conservationists picked up hundreds of thousands of pieces of rubbish from British beaches last year, according to a charity.
Dementia-link to bottled water as human brains found to contain teaspoon of plastic pieces
Researchers found some human brains now contain up to seven grammes of plastic - as much as it takes to make a small spoon ...