And now, researchers are finding them in chewing gum. A pilot study revealed that chewing gum releases hundreds of these ...

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

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

Not to burst your perfectly blown bubble, but it turns out that chewing gum may be flooding your mouth with microplastics. As ...

The rate at which chewing gum releases microplastics in saliva is quite astonishing. The test suggests that within eight ...

for example bubble gum or sugar-free gum, she says. Kahn leans toward limiting gum. “It can’t hurt to be cautious,” she says. “If gum chewing is a source of microplastics, then it probably ...

Maybe you were in the middle of a conversation, distracted, or just got a little too carried away with your bubble-blowing skills. Suddenly, your chewing gum is gone, swallowed by accident or ...