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

His argument—baseless at the time—was that chewing gum had miraculous abilities to quench thirst, stave off hunger, and dissipate nervous tension. But he was right: Scientists have since found that ...

Are you keeping a mental list of all the sources of microplastics finding their way into your daily life? You may have ...

Chewing gum typically contains synthetic or natural ... every 30 seconds a researcher collected the secreted saliva in a centrifuge tube. The participant then rinsed their mouth three to five ...

A SINGLE piece of chewing gum releases thousands of toxic microplastics into your mouth to be swallowed, scientists have warned. Tiny plastic particles shed by everyday items like cutting boards ...

According to a pilot study presented during the American Chemical Society’s spring meeting, a single piece of chewing gum is liable to release hundreds of polymer particles into our mouths.

A mouthful of chewing gum might also be a mouthful of microplastics, according to the results of a small pilot study. The research, presented at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society, ...