Chewing gum is no longer a universal symbol of rebellion. ... Gum became cool. This carried all the way through to the ’90s: In Clueless, Alicia Silverstone’s character, ...

Here's something cool: brains at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a chewing gum that, at least in lab tests is able to trap flu virus and the little buggers that cause herpes-simplex ...

This one lacked the efficacy of a proper chewing gum -- and I lost all flavor at 2:15. Why anyone would buy it, let alone pay a premium for it, is beyond me. 12.

Chewing xylitol gum can help prevent cavities and maintain your overall oral health. ... (won't raise your blood sugar) sweetener with a cooling aftertaste produced in plants, fruits, and vegetables.

I tried 10 different peppermint chewing gums — Mentos, PUR, 5, Trident, Eclipse, Spry, Orbit, Dentyne Ice, Extra and Ice Breakers — and one was a clear winner.

Chewing a single piece of gum can release hundreds to thousands of pieces of microplastic into the saliva in your mouth—likely to go on to be swallowed.. This is the warning of researchers from ...

Extrapolating this further, a 2–6 gram piece of gum may release as many as 3,000 microplastics. Multiply that by the average amount of gum chewed annually, that you could be looking at around ...

Somewhere between 9,500 and 9,900 years ago, three Scandinavian teenagers were hanging out, chewing gum after a meal. Specifically, they were chewing pitch or tar made from the bark of birch trees.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A recent study found that chewing gum can release up to thousands of microplastics per piece and potentially be ingested, according to researchers. Lisa Lowe and Jamie ...

Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles called microplastics. Now, chewing gum could be added to the list. In a ...