Chewing gum’s dirty secret: How your daily habit could be flooding your body with microplastics – NaturalNews.com

A UCLA study reveals chewing gum—synthetic or “natural”—releases hundreds to thousands of microplastic particles per chew, with up to 3,000 particles per piece. Both synthetic and natural gums shed similar amounts of microplastics, often containing polyethylene and polypropylene (common ..