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 ...

And if you redecorate your home and sand down the old paintwork, the plastic binders in the paint can release microplastics ...

Chewing gum fiends might want to think twice before popping in another piece of gum. A pilot study found that chewing gum can ...

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

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

Chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Chewing gum's base ingredient is synthetic rubber, which is a type of plastic. A stick of gum is ...

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

While the long-term effects of exposure to microplastics are not well understood, emerging evidence has suggested several potential health harms. Chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of ...