"How is gum made?" a participant in the Libertyville Parks Teen Travelers bike camp asked. The story of gum is not all sweet and snappy. Chewing gum goes way back - about 2,000 years. People through ...

This video peels back the foil wrapper to expose what’s truly in modern chewing gum. It explores how gum bases once made from natural latex have largely been replaced by synthetic polymers, plastics ...

For the uninitiated, chewing miraa can be a turn-off, coming as it were, with stained teeth caused by munching green leaves and twigs. For others, the thought of carrying around bundles of leaves and ...

New research might make you rethink that gum habit. Chewing gum, whether natural or synthetic, contains plant-based or synthetic plastic polymers to enhance texture and flavor retention, making it a ...

Chewing gum: it’s a type of plastic pollution that we’re just not talking about enough. Most modern chewing gums are made from synthetic plastic polymers that don’t break down or biodegrade. That ...