defunct_punk@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agoYou don't really see people chewing gum anymore.message-squaremessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down140
arrow-up1122arrow-down1message-squareYou don't really see people chewing gum anymore.defunct_punk@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square71linkfedilink
minus-squareguyrocket@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·2 years agoDoesn’t help anything that most “gum base” has PLASTIC in it.
minus-squareStereoTrespasser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-22 years agoYea I loved gum right up until the recent study clearly linking microplastics in the body and chewing gum.
minus-squareImmersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoReally? I am not entirely surprised but did the study say how the plastic was getting in there?
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 years agoTurns out the flavor crystals were just ground up spoons
minus-squarefrunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoI’m just gonna go ahead and believe this without further research, that’s too good an explanation to let go of, lol
minus-squareTXL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoPaging NileRed, can we make gum flavor from plastic spoons?
minus-squarelobut@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoYeah the microplastics in gum thing really threw me off when I found out about it.
Doesn’t help anything that most “gum base” has PLASTIC in it.
Yea I loved gum right up until the recent study clearly linking microplastics in the body and chewing gum.
Really? I am not entirely surprised but did the study say how the plastic was getting in there?
Turns out the flavor crystals were just ground up spoons
I’m just gonna go ahead and believe this without further research, that’s too good an explanation to let go of, lol
Paging NileRed, can we make gum flavor from plastic spoons?
Yeah the microplastics in gum thing really threw me off when I found out about it.