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

When you chew gum, you’re essentially gnawing on plastic.

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) recently discovered that chewing gum releases microplastics ...

Plastic is everywhere in our daily lives. And much of what we use, such as cutting boards, clothes and cleaning sponges, can expose us to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles called microplastics.

According to a new pilot study that found chewing just one piece can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into ...