Microplastics gumming up chewing gum

By Séamus Bellamy

Stick of chewing gum sits in its opened wrapper

We're running out of things we can safely enjoy. According to a pilot study presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), earlier this year, chewing on just one stick of gum is enough to release thousands of bits of microplastic into our saliva. And no, it doesn't matter if you're chewing o…