**Bursting your bubble: Chewing gum releases microplastics into your saliva, UCLA research shows**

“_The research suggests that regular gum chewers could potentially be ingesting tens of thousands of microplastic particles a year, although the health effect is not known._”

🔗 https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/bursting-your-bubble-chewing-gum-releases-microplastics-your-saliva-ucla-research-shows.

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