Chewing gum has been added to the growing list of things that lead us to ingest hundreds and thousands of microplastics. But ...

While often marketed as a harmless, chewy sweet, most mass-produced gums, including prominent names like Wrigley, are made ...

More than 250,000 microplastics (MPs) were detected in the saliva of a person after one hour of chewing a single piece of gum ...

A study reveals chewing gum releases thousands of microplastic particles into the mouth, raising fresh concerns about ingestion and environmental impact ...

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

More than 250,000 microplastics (MPs) were detected in the saliva of a person after one hour of chewing a single piece of gum, a new study has revealed. The research findings, led by Queen’s ...

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Not to burst your perfectly blown bubble, but it turns out that chewing gum may be flooding your mouth with microplastics. As detailed in a pilot study, which is awaiting peer review, a team of ...