“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

Gum is made of plastic, and chewing both synthetic and natural gums could release microplastics into your mouth, according to ...

Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles ...

“Gum is safe to enjoy as it has been for more than 100 years,” the National Confectioners Association said via email. The ...

A new study suggests that you could be ingesting thousands of microplastics every time you chew gum. This discovery comes ...

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning ...

The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two ...

A study found that the popular product can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into saliva and ...