Microplastics are building up in human brains, blood, reproductive organs, and more. A new study suggests you ingest more ...

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

Researchers found that chomping on a single stick of chewing gum can release up to thousands of shards of microplastics.

In today's interconnected world, infectious diseases pose an escalating threat, as demonstrated by the coronavirus pandemic ...

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

Chewing gum has been added to the growing list of things that lead us to ingest hundreds and thousands of microplastics. But is it really surprising considering gum is pretty much made of plastic?

Chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into the saliva that may be ingested. Research presented this week at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San ...

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet. Lowe also warned ...

with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces Getty Chewing gum can shed microplastics — and natural and synthetic gums contain “similar amounts of microplastics.” Each stick of gum ...

You may have another culprit to consider: It’s gum, according to a new pilot study that found chewing just one piece can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. The study is ...