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

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

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 ...

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.