When my little daughter was nine months old, age at which they become little explorers, I caught her playing with a gum attached to a park bench. Hands and mouth, because it is also the age at which everything is brought to the mouth, were impregnated with elastic threads of that chewed and sticky rubber. Disgusting
We are used to seeing them everywhere (sidewalks, parks, banks, wastebaskets, walls), and few know that they are dangerous to health, especially for the little ones. To be more aware, we will explain Why are gum stuck on public roads a risk for children?
Chewing gum and glued on public roads are a source of infection, since each gum can hold up to 10 thousand bacteria and fungi collected from the environment in which it is located.
Each gum is also a source of contamination, as it contains microorganisms of the person who chewed it and left it stuck there. That small piece of chewing gum may contain, for example, tuberculosis or salmonellosis bacteria that will spread through the air, and at the same time act as an accumulator of dust, dirt and filth in the city.
When a child touches and comes into contact with chewing gum, it also does so with the thousands of bacteria and fungi it can contain.
As parents, we have to educate our children so that, when they discard a chewed gum, they do so wrapped in a piece of paper or the gum wrap itself and thrown into a trash can.
On the other hand, teach them not to touch them and watch them very well if we have small children who are not aware of the chewing gum risk on public roads.
