Study Finds Microplastics in Chewing Gum

Saturday, 7 June 2025, 16:00 Dr. Tar Uncategorized 13

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Chewing a single gram of gum could release an average of 100 microplastics, the study found. A piece of gum typically weighs between 2 and 6 grams, and larger pieces may release up to 3,000 plastic particles. Someone chewing 160 to 180 pieces of gum a year could ingest roughly 30,000 microplastics, it found.

For their pilot study, the researchers, from the University of California, Los Angeles, tested 10 popular brands of chewing gum: five synthetic and five made with natural ingredients. 

The researchers presented their findings at a March meeting of the American Chemical Society, although it is still undergoing peer review.  More

13 Comments on Study Finds Microplastics in Chewing Gum

  3. Plastics do not decompose, they break into smaller pieces into fine dust but never decompose. They get into farm fields and the food plants take them up. When I see all this plastic blowing into my farm field I nearly cry.

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  4. The widespread incidence of brain tumors presents a substantial obstacle to public health due to their debilitating and lethal outcomes. Although the etiology of brain tumors is still an enigma, emerging evidence indicates exposure to politically and socially biased popular media causes stimulation of human endocrine systems and increased secretion of active hormones and stimulants. Increasingly, studies of this stimulus/response circuit are showing a surprising parallel with physiological effects of neuroactive pesticides. Already detected is the strong correlation between pesticide exposure and the onset of brain cancer. The commonly used pesticides, including organophosphates, organochlorines and pyrethroids, exert their toxic effects by inducing oxidative stress that causes damage to nucleic acids, lipids, and proteins. Oxidative stress is a significant factor in the development of brain cancer mainly due to its elevated oxygen consumption and abundance of polyunsaturated fatty acids that make it more susceptible to oxidative harm. Pesticides induce oxidative stress through various pathways, such as JAK-STAT and Keap1/Nrf2/ARE, which regulate reactive oxygen species production and antioxidant responses. Exposure to biased media now appears to be a similar factor in the incidence of brain cancer.

    This is an entirely bogus fake phony example of a scare article. Nothing about it is real. But it does have some ‘truthiness’ doesn’t it? See how easy it is?

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  6. Micro plastics have been identified as a major contributor to the huge drop in testosterone. It pools in men’s testicles. There’s nothing fake about this. Bottled water is a huge contributor to the. Don’t mean shit to you old fucks. lol. Chew away.

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  10. Bad_Brad, the older I get, the more risk averse I am. But I also give less of a damn about shit like secondhand smoke, black mold, asbestos, microplastics and salt. It’s the acrylamides and lectins what’ll git ya lol

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  11. Thirdtwin

    Ain’t it the truth. But I still enjoy certain things happening when I wake up first thing in the morning. Just trying to be real. I’e made a big effort to exclude anything that might contain Micro Plastics out of my diet 3 years ago. I actually think it’s helped.

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  12. Just a bunch of bad science all around.
    I have to think a lot of these damaging health conditions are partially a result of COVID Vaccines. Microplastics will form a longer term health hazzard.

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