A person happily gnawing away on a large piece of gum could unleash more than 3,000 microplastic particles, according to the ...

Microplastics are building up in human brains, blood, reproductive organs, and more. A new study suggests you ingest more plastic when you chew gum.

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet.

The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two minutes of chewing—thanks to the mechanical action, rather than the enzymatic ...

On average, 100 microplastics are released per gram of chewing gum, with some pieces releasing as many as 600 microplastics per gram, a new study found.

Now, researchers have added chewing gum to the growing list of products that expose humans to microplastics. A team of researchers has revealed that chewing a single stick of gum can release ...

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

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A recent study found that chewing gum can release up to thousands of microplastics per piece and potentially be ingested, according to researchers. Lisa Lowe and Jamie ...

The study found that chewing gum could release a surprisingly high amount of microplastics. On average, 100 microplastic ...

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, led by engineering professor Sanjay Mohanty, conducted the study to quantify the amount of microplastics released from chewing gum during ...

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces ... have increasingly been finding small shards of plastic called microplastics throughout the world, from the tops of mountains to the bottom ...