mommykink@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agoYou don't really see people chewing gum anymore.message-squaremessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down142
arrow-up1152arrow-down1message-squareYou don't really see people chewing gum anymore.mommykink@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squareStereoTrespasser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-29 months agoYea I loved gum right up until the recent study clearly linking microplastics in the body and chewing gum.
minus-squareImmersive_Matthewlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoReally? I am not entirely surprised but did the study say how the plastic was getting in there?
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·9 months agoTurns out the flavor crystals were just ground up spoons
minus-squarefrunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoI’m just gonna go ahead and believe this without further research, that’s too good an explanation to let go of, lol
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoPaging NileRed, can we make gum flavor from plastic spoons?
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?