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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Lisa Lowe is a doctoral student at UCLA who chewed multiple brands of gum for a chemical analysis of her saliva.
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Slovakia· 2025-05-17
Lisa Lowe is a graduate student at UCLA who contributed to the study on microplastics in chewing gum.
Study: ‘Chewing Gum Can Shed Microplastics Into Saliva’ | Lead Stories
Jamaica· 2025-04-12
Lisa Lowe, a UCLA graduate student, expressed surprise that both natural and synthetic gum bases released so many microplastics.
Chewing gum, even 'natural' ones, can release microplastics in saliva, study says
United States· 2025-04-10
Lisa Lowe, among the authors of the study, measured an average of 100 microplastics released per gram of gum.
Le gomme da masticare possono rilasciare microplastiche in bocca? I risultati di uno studio
Italy· 2025-03-29
Lisa Lowe is a doctoral student at UCLA who chewed seven pieces of gum before a chemical analysis of her saliva was conducted.
Fundu örplastsagnir í jórturleðri
Iceland· 2025-03-29Lisa Lowe is a graduate student in Mohanty's lab who wanted to identify how many microplastics a person could potentially ingest from chewing gum.
Chiclete liberta microplásticos – primeiro na saliva, depois no ambiente | Poluição
Portugal· 2025-03-27
Lisa Lowe is a doctoral student at UCLA who analyzed the microplastics released from chewing gum.
"Personne ne vous dira quels sont les ingrédients": en mâchant du chewing-gum, des microplastiques sont relâchés dans la bouche
Monaco· 2025-03-27
Lisa Lowe, a doctoral student at the University of California, chewed seven pieces of ten different brands of gum for the study.
Проучване: дъвките отделят стотици микропластмаси директно в устата
Bulgaria· 2025-03-26Lisa Lowe, a doctoral student at the University of California, chewed seven pieces of ten different brands of gum for the study.
Проучване: дъвките отделят стотици микропластмаси директно в устатаBulgaria· 2025-03-25Lisa Lowe, a doctoral student at UCLA, chewed seven pieces of ten different brands of gum for the study.
Los chicles liberan cientos de microplásticos en la boca | ciencias | Estados Unidos | salud | TECNOLOGIA
Peru· 2025-03-25Lisa Lowe, a doctoral student at UCLA, chewed seven pieces of ten different brands of chewing gum for a study.
Les chewing-gums libèrent des centaines de microplastiques dans la bouche (étude)
Morocco· 2025-03-25
Lisa Lowe, a PhD student at UCLA, chewed seven pieces each of 10 brands of gum for the study.
Chewing gum releases microplastics into mouth: researchers
Kenya· 2025-03-25