While often marketed as a harmless, chewy sweet, most mass-produced gums, including prominent names like Wrigley, are made ...

According to the study's estimate, an average individual chomping through 160 to 180 small sticks of gum annually could end ...

Researchers tested ten different chewing gum brands, and found no difference between synthetic and natural gum.

We're running out of things we can safely enjoy. According to a pilot study presented at a meeting of the American Chemical ...

Chewing gum can release thousands of microplastics into saliva. Scientists say more research is needed but suggest chewing ...

A large stick of gum could release more than 3,000 microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Here’s what that ...

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

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

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

A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces ...

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

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