While many associate the satisfying chew of gum with fresh breath and stress relief, few realize they might be exposing themselves to hundreds of microscopic plastic particles with each piece.

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?

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 ...

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.

The answer is chewing gum — or at least, that’s what a new pilot study from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) suggests.

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.

But a new study might make you think twice before reaching for the chewing gum. Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have issued an urgent warning about the sheer number of microplastics ...

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 ...

Towards the end of the video, when Ben made his way to the airport to travel back home, he revealed "the most famous" law in Singapore, which is chewing gum, "you can't even buy it at the airport ...

As soon as Nettie Lombardi, an 18-year-old makeup artist, saw her friend Anna Murphy, a Canadian makeup artist, post about ...