If you enjoy a refreshing stick of gum now and then, you may be biting off more than you should chew. A recent pilot study found that chewing gum – even those labeled "natural" – can release ...

UCLA researchers found that chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into the saliva and ...

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

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

A new study has revealed that a plant-based chewing gum could help reduce the spread of viruses like flu and herpes. Made ...

By the time Wrigley began his business venture, Americans had grown accustomed to chewing gum sold as candy-coated balls or ...

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

Related stories Natural gum released plastic, too Mohanty and the graduate students in his lab chose five brands of synthetic gum and gave seven pieces of each brand to a single person ...

Learn how antiviral chewing gum made from lablab beans may help reduce virus transmission with exciting clinical trials ahead ...

The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two ...

A special type of chewing gum can 'trap' and neutralize some influenza and herpes viruses, according to new experiments from ...