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

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 ... it — come out in very tiny amounts ...

The authors were surprised to find that chewing natural gums didn’t really make a difference. The average number of microplastics in 1 gram of synthetic gum was 104, and in natural gum it was 96.

Through deployed soldiers, more and more people were exposed to gum as a commodity item. “That’s really one of the reasons chewing gum spread around the world. [In the modern era], it really ...

By the time Wrigley began his business venture, Americans had grown accustomed to chewing ... gum to soothe nerves and heal ailments, and that they won’t think too hard about what modern gum ...

Chewing gum, says the latest research, can actually be good for you. Scientists at the University of Northumbria havefound that people's ability to remember lists of w ords improved by more than a ...

it seems far fewer Brits really know what really goes into their favourite minty sticks. Chewing gum was previously made from the chewy sap of the Sapodilla tree, also known as chicle ...

Chewing a single piece of gum can release ... 600-odd micrometer-sized pieces of plastic per piece of gum "is a very small amount indeed", commented chemist professor Oliver Jones of the Royal ...

Not to burst your bubble, but your gum might be packed with plastic. A new study found that chewing a single piece ... “The environment plays a very important role in our health,” he said.

New research shows that chewing gum can release hundreds ... “I don’t think it is very critical that we don’t chew gum. There are so many places we are exposed to microplastics, and we ...

The authors were surprised to find that chewing natural gums didn’t really make a difference. The average number of microplastics in 1 gram of synthetic gum was 104, and in natural gum it was 96. Both ...