When you chew gum, you’re essentially gnawing on plastic.

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 ...

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.

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.