I always chew on plastic! Is that bad for my teeth? What if I accidentally swallow a piece? Would that be bad?
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The chemicals in human saliva are remarkably corrosive, and it's possible that by chewing on plastic, you can ingest toxic substances that your saliva has released from that plastic. Chewing it won't necessarily harm your teeth, and a swallowed bit will pass on through your digestive tract in a day or so. But don't chew the stuff - you really don't want to poison yourself, do you?
Plastic is not good for you. So long the plastic you chew or swallow is non-toxic, you will live... although you may get a stomach ache. Plastic is generally made in factories that are not food-grade clean - unless they were made from food, so they may have germs, dirt, bugs, etc in it that you are unable to see and could make you sick. Always chewing on plastic is bad for your teeth and can wear them down, such that you may need to get dentures sooner rather than later in life. But it's not so bad as chewing ice, I suppose. Ice would wear your teeth out faster. Chewing plastic does not look good to other people who see you do it either... kind of reminiscent of chewing someone else's old gum. Yucky.
