Lisa Lowe
Lisa Lowe is a PhD student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), who conducted a study revealing that chewing gum can release hundreds of microplastic fragments into the mouth, highlighting a new and under-researched source of microplastic ingestion.
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Countries Mentioned
| Country | Mentions | Sentiment | Dominance | + Persistence | x Population | = Reach | x GDP (millions) | = Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 7.00 | 0.03% | +0% | 331,002,651 | 99,760 | $21,000,000 | 6,329$ |
| Jamaica | 1 | 7.00 | 0.09% | +0% | 2,961,167 | 2,717 | $15,000 | 14$ |
| Totals | 2 | 333,963,818 | 102,477 | $21,015,000 | 6,343$ |
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Each country's color is based on "Mentions" from the table above.
Recent Mentions
Jamaica:
Lisa Lowe is a graduate student at UCLA who contributed to the study on microplastics in chewing gum.
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United States:
Lisa Lowe, a UCLA graduate student, expressed surprise that both natural and synthetic gum bases released so many microplastics.
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Italy:
Lisa Lowe, among the authors of the study, measured an average of 100 microplastics released per gram of gum.
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Iceland:
Lisa Lowe is a doctoral student at UCLA who chewed seven pieces of gum before a chemical analysis of her saliva was conducted.
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Portugal:
Lisa Lowe is a graduate student in Mohanty's lab who wanted to identify how many microplastics a person could potentially ingest from chewing gum.
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Monaco:
Lisa Lowe is a doctoral student at UCLA who analyzed the microplastics released from chewing gum.
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Bulgaria:
Lisa Lowe, a doctoral student at the University of California, chewed seven pieces of ten different brands of gum for the study.
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Bulgaria:
Lisa Lowe, a doctoral student at the University of California, chewed seven pieces of ten different brands of gum for the study.
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Peru:
Lisa Lowe, a doctoral student at UCLA, chewed seven pieces of ten different brands of gum for the study.
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Morocco:
Lisa Lowe, a doctoral student at UCLA, chewed seven pieces of ten different brands of chewing gum for a study.
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