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How do gum bases not made of plastic give off plastic? Chicle and other natural gum bases come from plants.
Your question made me wonder - what if the plants had micro plastics lol.
They do, and it's affecting photosynthesis 😅
Yaaaaaaaaay
I don't know, I just quoted the study.
My theory as a non-scientist would be that the plastics aren't from the gum at all, but the gums and tongue which are apparently already full of them, according to random things on the Internet.
But that just shows how stupid it is to ask me