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I’m having a hard time conceptualizing how the plastic is shed. Do the fragments not reintegrate back into the gum bolus at the next pass/chew of the gum?
by xattt 2y ago
I’m having a hard time conceptualizing how the plastic is shed. Do the fragments not reintegrate back into the gum bolus at the next pass/chew of the gum?
- Llamamoe 2y agoPlastic is not metal, it's a tangle of polymer subunits that get scraped off relatively easily. Whenever you scrape a plastic container with an utensil or finger, or even just from water being poured out of a bottle, a small amount of microplastics is released, and I think we can agree that chewing is a WAY more abrasive of a process.
- throwaway290 2y agoI don't know about pouring water but reusing disposable crumpling water bottles is the best way to get more plastic in your body