University of New Mexico Health Sciences Department researchers published an article in Nature Medicine in late February ...

Most accounts of the history of chewing gum take us back a couple of millenia to the Mayans of Mesoamerica who tasted the sap of the sapodilla tree and discovered that it did not disintegrate in the ...

In the UK in February, plastic-free gum brand Nuud teamed up with plastic-free pollution company City to Sea to call on the UK government to ban plastic gum and for better labelling. The UK consumes ...

FOOD we eat can lift our mood and support our mental health. Eating chocolates or our favorite sweets induces the secretion of happy hormones in us. Those hormones include ...

Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

A new study from the University of California, Los Angeles has discovered that there are microplastics in chewing gum. Both natural and synthetic gum releases microplastics into the mouth when chewed, ...

Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers – similar to the plastic material used in car ...

The Tijuana River sewage crisis may be contributing to the current toxic algae bloom off the coast of Southern California, as the added nutrient load from the pollution is fueling the growth of ...

The study found that most microplastics were released within the first two minutes of chewing. Lisa Lowe, a graduate student ...

Like biting into a hot, juicy piece of KFC Original Recipe Chicken, this toothpaste is irresistible, coating your teeth in ...

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

Education Secretary Linda McMahon offered a warning to those who continued to allow transgender athletes competing in women’s ...