Chewing gum can release thousands of microplastics into saliva. Scientists say more research is needed but suggest chewing ...

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

When you chew gum, you’re essentially gnawing on plastic.

"Chewing gum is one of the foods we chose because it is the only food where plastic polymer is used as an ingredient," Mohanty told CNN via email. "Other foods are contaminated with microplastics ...