I’ve seen a kid at the supermarket pop the top off of one of these bad boys and down its full contents, crunching through the mass of gum’s solid outer layer audible from half an aisle’s length away. Not a safe solution with kids around.
I didn’t mean it like that, but the mental image sent chills down my spine. No, this sort of gum usually has a crunchy outer coating like an m&m, which I heard.
Shit, I don’t think I could fit one of these things in my mouth. The sort of snake child that could do so terrifies me.
Most people don’t realize today’s chewing gum IS plastic. You can buy chicle gum tho, which is made from tree sap, hopefully people get wind of it and it catches on. The heart disease just caused by chewing gum is insane to think about, but people have no idea.
The article above mentions natural chewing gums and indicates that they release a comparable plastic load to synthetics. I’m altogether too sleepy to parse the source document, though
I’ve seen a kid at the supermarket pop the top off of one of these bad boys and down its full contents, crunching through the mass of gum’s solid outer layer audible from half an aisle’s length away. Not a safe solution with kids around.
😋 delicious microplastics
I didn’t mean it like that, but the mental image sent chills down my spine. No, this sort of gum usually has a crunchy outer coating like an m&m, which I heard.
Shit, I don’t think I could fit one of these things in my mouth. The sort of snake child that could do so terrifies me.
I was more referring to this:
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/chewing-gum-microplastics-saliva-study
https://web.archive.org/web/20250724130826/https://www.healthline.com/health-news/chewing-gum-microplastics-saliva-study
Healthline has illegal practices(for EU) on their cookie Banner by blocking access to people who deny all
Oh. That really sucks. :(
Most people don’t realize today’s chewing gum IS plastic. You can buy chicle gum tho, which is made from tree sap, hopefully people get wind of it and it catches on. The heart disease just caused by chewing gum is insane to think about, but people have no idea.
The article above mentions natural chewing gums and indicates that they release a comparable plastic load to synthetics. I’m altogether too sleepy to parse the source document, though