In a nutshell A plant-based chewing gum made from lablab beans can trap and neutralize flu and herpes viruses in the lab, ...

In today's interconnected world, infectious diseases pose an escalating threat, as demonstrated by the coronavirus pandemic ...

The average weight of a stick of gum is around 1.5 grams. People who chew around 180 pieces of gum a year could be ingesting ...

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 ...

While many associate the satisfying chew of gum with fresh breath and stress relief, few realize they might be exposing themselves to hundreds of microscopic plastic particles with each piece.

But a new study might make you think twice before reaching for the chewing gum. Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have issued an urgent warning about the sheer number of microplastics ...

Chewing gum has been added to the growing list of things that lead us to ingest hundreds and thousands of microplastics. But is it really surprising considering gum is pretty much made of plastic?

The American Chemical Society had its spring meeting and revealed that chewing gum releases microplastics with each chew. But the group also said they're not trying to alarm us -- but it's worth more ...

People who chew around 180 pieces of gum a year could be ingesting roughly 30,000 microplastics, the researchers said.

Now another source of microplastics in the body has been discovered: chewing gum. Chewing gum contains long molecules called polymers. Some brands of gum contain natural polymers from tree sap.