Tony Bark to [email protected] • 29 days agoChewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study findswww.acs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareWolfmanEightySixlinkfedilinkEnglish0•29 days agoI’d never have thought rubber or petroleum would be in a food.
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish0•28 days agoWell in the case of chewing gum, it basically IS plastic.
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish0•28 days agoMost commercial gums use a “synthetic gum base.” It has been made with latex, chickle, all manner of crap.
I’d never have thought rubber or petroleum would be in a food.
Well in the case of chewing gum, it basically IS plastic.
I find that terrifying.
Most commercial gums use a “synthetic gum base.” It has been made with latex, chickle, all manner of crap.
Isn’t natural plant gum latex too?