**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._”
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University of California · Bursting your bubble: Chewing gum releases microplastics into your saliva, UCLA research showsA person happily gnawing away on a large piece of gum could unleash more than 3,000 microplastic particles, according to the UCLA team.
