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

UCLA researchers found a sticky side effect in a primary ingredient for gum—but they also offer a stay-fresh strategy that's worth chewing on.

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

According to a new pilot study that found chewing just one piece can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into ...

A recent study found that chewing gum can release up to thousands of microplastics per piece and potentially be ingested, ...

The researchers will present their results at the spring meeting of ... piece of gum for 4 minutes, producing samples of saliva every 30 seconds, then a final mouth rinse with clean water, all of ...

Research presented this week at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society ... The person chewed the gum for four minutes and produced a saliva sample every 30 seconds. They then rinsed their ...

Chewing gum could release hundreds to thousands of microplastic particles into your saliva, a new UCLA study finds.

The person was asked to chew a piece of gum for four minutes, producing samples of saliva each time. All of the saliva was then combined into a single sample, according to the study. In a separate ...

Principal investigator Sanjay Mohanty, an engineering Professor ... piece of gum for four minutes, producing samples of ...

Although the sample sizes are ... bear the brunt of running 35-40 minutes, if needed? There will be more minutes across the board as well. The small-ball lineup that appeared to be lethal in ...