Researchers found that chomping on a single stick of chewing gum can release up to thousands of shards of microplastics.

And now, researchers are finding them in chewing gum. A pilot study revealed that chewing gum releases hundreds of these ...

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

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

Chewing gum can release thousands of microplastics into saliva. Scientists say more research is needed but suggest chewing ...

Some types of gum released up to ... for example bubble gum or sugar-free gum, she says. Kahn leans toward limiting gum. “It can’t hurt to be cautious,” she says. “If gum chewing is ...

Instead, “both synthetic and natural gums had similar amounts of microplastics released when we chewed them,” Lowe said. The release says large pieces of gum release up to 3,000 pieces of.micr ...

Maybe you were in the middle of a conversation, distracted, or just got a little too carried away with your bubble ... up, let’s take a trip through history. Did you know that chewing gum ...

Chewing gum can shed microplastics — and natural and synthetic gums contain “similar amounts of microplastics.” Each stick of gum releases an average of 100 pieces of microplastic into saliva — with ...