A person happily gnawing away on a large piece of gum could unleash more than 3,000 microplastic particles, according to the ...

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

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.

Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering found that both natural and synthetic chewing gums release ...

If you enjoy a refreshing stick of gum now and then, you may be biting off more than you should chew. A recent pilot study found that chewing gum – even those labeled "natural" – can release ...

Frequent chewing may cause jaw issues like fatigue and TMJ aggravation, and some ingredients can lead to digestive problems ...

Surprisingly, microplastics were found in both the ... And we don’t know if chewing gum releases nanoplastics at all. The trouble is that nanoplastics are so tiny that they require specialised ...

Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

The study found that chewing gum could release a surprisingly high amount of microplastics. On average, 100 microplastic ...

A recent pilot study found that chewing gum – even those labeled "natural" – can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into the body, according to researchers at the University of ...

A person chewing 160 to 180 pieces of gum a year, they said, could potentially be ingesting 30,000 microplastics. And while the effect of ingested microplastics on human health still isn't clear ...