Plastic pollution may, as one researcher posits, be coming from a surprising source: chewing gum. In an essay for The Conversation, microplastics expert David Jones of the UK's University of Portsmouth revealed that most gum contains, per  "a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers" akin to the stuff that makes tires — which is not only going into our bodies, but also the environment upon being spat out. Wrigley, the maker of "Double Mint" gum and the world's largest manufacturer of the chewy stuff, refuses to name what goes into its products. On the page for its oral health program, the company […]

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