By the time Wrigley began his business venture, Americans had grown accustomed to chewing gum sold as candy-coated balls or ...

While often marketed as a harmless, chewy sweet, most mass-produced gums, including prominent names like Wrigley, are made ...

New study finds chewing gum releases up to 637 microplastic particles in just minutes, with 94% released in the first 8 ...

“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces ...

Researchers tested ten different chewing gum brands, and found no difference between synthetic and natural gum.

On average, 100 microplastics are released per gram of chewing gum, with some pieces releasing as many as 600 microplastics ...

The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two ...

A large stick of gum could release more than 3,000 microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Here’s what that ...

Chewing gum can release thousands of microplastics into saliva. Scientists say more research is needed but suggest chewing ...

A new study suggests that you could be ingesting thousands of microplastics every time you chew gum. This discovery comes ...