They have also discovered microplastics riddled throughout human bodies — including inside our lungs, blood and brains — sparking fears about the potential effect this could be having on health.There is no evidence directly showing that microplastics are harmful to human health, said Mohanty of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people’s mouths, researchers said, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet.The small study comes as researchers have increasingly been finding small shards of plastic called microplastics throughout the world. Do you think that there is anything that we takethat is 100% safe in the modern world?

