Flipboard Science Desk<p>Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, research finds.</p><p>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CNN" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CNN</span></a></span>: The study, currently under peer review, "found chewing just one piece can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/YQf8rb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/YQf8rb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Microplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microplastics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a></p>