Years later came Brooks Kieschnick. A Texas Longhorn legend I met in college thanks to my fraternity brothers Aaron Perales and Rene Obregon. We were all undergrads at UT and got to hang out several ...

New study finds chewing gum releases up to 637 microplastic particles in just minutes, with 94% released in the first 8 ...

Chewing gum has been added to the growing list of things that lead us to ingest hundreds and thousands of microplastics. But is it really surprising considering gum is pretty much made of plastic?

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.

Chewing gum released up to 637 microplastic particles per gram, with most particles released within the first 8 minutes. Both natural and synthetic gums released similar amounts. Chewing gum ...

It's a treat that millions of people have almost every day. But a new study might make you think twice before reaching for the chewing gum. Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have ...

The research findings, led by Queen’s University Belfast and published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, demonstrated how potentially harmful materials can enter the body from chewing gum.

As we navigate a world filled with plastic, from kitchen equipment and clothing to everyday cleaning products, new findings have emerged that place chewing gum squarely on the list of items that ...

Furthermore, Nuud chewing gum founder Keir Carner claimed there were “American brands that purport to be natural but use a plastic gum base and because of the legislation they don’t list the plastic ...