Microplastics are building up in human brains, blood, reproductive organs, and more. A new study suggests you ingest more plastic when you chew gum.

Many of us don't think twice about casually popping a stick of gum in our mouth. But chew on this: When you do, you're also ...

Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering found that both natural and synthetic chewing gums release ...

Researchers found that chewing gum — from both synthetic and natural brands — released an average of 100 plastic fragments ...

"What makes chewing gum chewy – and not melt – is that it ... Participants in the study chewed seven pieces from each brand, one at a time. Mohanty said that could be due to how they're ...

Scientists are now turning to an unexpected solution: chewing gum. Researchers have found that ... seasonal influenza still causes up to 7 million hospital stays worldwide annually, costing ...

"What makes chewing gum chewy – and not melt – is that it ... Participants in the study chewed seven pieces from each brand, one at a time. Everyone was asked to chew a piece of gum for ...

Chewing gum fiends might want to think twice before ... so one person chewed seven pieces from each brand. “Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics ...