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

A new study showed that chewing gum releases microplastics, which can then be swallowed and absorbed by the body.

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

Learn more about the tiny particles that can come off of your gum — what is essentially a soft piece of plastic — as you chew ...

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

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

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

A new study found that chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. Both synthetic and natural ...

A SINGLE piece of chewing gum releases thousands of toxic microplastics into your mouth to be swallowed, scientists have ...