Tony Bark to science@lemmy.world • 3 months agoChewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, pilot study findswww.acs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square45arrow-up169
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minus-squareWolfmanEightySixlinkfedilinkEnglish14•3 months agoI’d never have thought rubber or petroleum would be in a food.
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish15•3 months agoWell in the case of chewing gum, it basically IS plastic.
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoMost commercial gums use a “synthetic gum base.” It has been made with latex, chickle, all manner of crap.
minus-square@captainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoIsn’t natural plant gum latex too?
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoI think it is more accurate to say latex is a natural plant gum.
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?
I think it is more accurate to say latex is a natural plant gum.