A new study found that chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. Both synthetic and natural ...

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

A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces ...

Microplastics —tiny plastic bits that can take hundreds of years to break down—are everywhere, from tap water to tea bags, ...

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

Chewing gum is made with flavoring, sweetener, a rubber base, and other ingredients. In chewing gums that are “natural,” a plant-based polymer, like tree sap, gives the gum chewiness.

Generations of Americans have grown up using chewing gum, but a new pilot study claims that both synthetic and natural gum ...

As consumer preferences shift toward more natural ingredients, the demand for cassia gum continues to rise. In response to ...

A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces Getty Chewing gum can shed microplastics — and natural and synthetic ...

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

Researchers tested ten different chewing gum brands, and found no difference between synthetic and natural gum.