Throughout its nearly 100-year manufacturing history, the crack resistance of natural rubber—one of the world's most widely used biomaterials—hasn't improved much. Until now. Materials ...

The gum became so popular that Wrigley gave up the baking powder business and went into chewing gum production. It turned out to be a good decision. By 1920, the average American was chewing 105 ...

New study finds chewing gum releases up to 637 microplastic particles in just minutes, with 94% released in the first 8 minutes regardless of gum type. Skip to content News ...

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 ...

Gum is made with three main ingredients - a rubbery base, sweeteners and flavourings. While natural gums have plant-based materials for the base, synthetic gums have petroleum-based rubber.

PARIS: 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. The small ...

A team of researchers has revealed that chewing a single stick of gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into our saliva—meaning it most likely gets ingested.

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people’s mouths, researchers said yesterday, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet.

Chewing gum may shed microplastics into saliva, a new study has found. ... The average number of microplastics in 1 gram of synthetic gum was 104, and in natural gum it was 96.

To gain an initial understanding of the situation, they asked a single volunteer to test 10 brands of commercially available gum—five with synthetic additives and five with only natural ingredients.

A new study suggests that you could be ingesting thousands of microplastics every time you chew gum. This discovery comes amid mounting evidence connecting these tiny particles to three chronic dis… ...