A SINGLE piece of chewing gum releases thousands of toxic microplastics into your mouth to be swallowed, scientists have warned. Tiny plastic particles shed by everyday items like cutting boards, water bottles, tea bags and even clothes, have previously been linked to dementia, cancer and heart disease. 2 A single piece of chewing gum could release up to 3,000 plastic particles Credit: Getty 2 Research linked microplastics to conditions like cancer and dementia Research published this month found some human brains contain up to 7g of plastic, which could be linked to dementia.
New research adds chewing gum to the growing list of items that may be putting our health at risk. Sanjay Mohanty, the study’s principal investigator and an engineering professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), said: “Our goal is not to alarm anybody. “Scientists don’t know if microplastics are unsafe to us or not.
There are no human trials. Read more on microplastics PLASTIC PERIL 'Alarming' levels of plastic pollution inside everyone's brain, warns study SKIN DEEP Six items ‘poisoning’ you with toxic plastics linked to cancer & how to avoid it "But we know we are exposed to plastics in everyday life, and that’s what we wanted to examine here.” Scientists estimate that humans are exposed to tens of thousands of microplastics - plastic fragments measuring between 1 micrometer and 5 millimetres wide - every year through foods and drinks, plastic packaging, non-stick c.
