Like Violet Beaureguard, the avid gum chewer in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," Curt Mueller hopes to find out just how much shelf life a piece of gum really has. A piece of Bazooka bubble ...

“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

If that's the case, Parker McCollum has a lot of gum in his gut. The country singer reveals that he's never spit out a piece ...

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

A SINGLE piece of chewing gum releases thousands of toxic microplastics into your mouth to be swallowed, scientists have warned. Tiny plastic particles shed by everyday items like cutting boards ...

Gum is made of plastic, and chewing both synthetic and natural gums could release microplastics into your mouth, according to a new study.

Most chewing gums on the market are composed of ... Everyone was asked to chew a piece of gum for four minutes to produce a saliva sample from each. The study found an average of 100 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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On average, 100 microplastics are released per gram of chewing gum, with some pieces releasing as many as 600 microplastics per gram, a new study found.