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An antiviral chewing gum to reduce influenza and herpes simplex virus transmission (penntoday.upenn.edu)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I know that’s what the study supposedly says, but it makes no sense. Natural chewing gum is plant-based. Where is the plastic coming from if the product isn’t made from plastic?

[–] brrt 9 points 5 days ago

Weren’t microplastics found in plants already? Take that naturalists!

[–] PolarKraken 6 points 5 days ago

Easy, teeth mash the plants into plastic 👍 makes sense if you squint real hard and have a few TBIs

[–] charade_you_are 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The plastic in toothbrushes makes a lot more sense to me but what do I know... I just heard from another lemly user