Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people’s mouths, researchers said today, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet. The small study comes ...

Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

Now another source of microplastics in the body has been discovered: chewing gum. Chewing gum contains long molecules called polymers. Some brands of gum contain natural polymers from tree sap.