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.

Surprisingly, microplastics were found in both the ... And we don’t know if chewing gum releases nanoplastics at all. The trouble is that nanoplastics are so tiny that they require specialised ...

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) recently discovered that chewing gum releases microplastics into saliva, potentially leading to ingestion. The study, presented at ...

Not to burst your perfectly blown bubble, but it turns out that chewing gum may be flooding your mouth with microplastics ... one stick of the rubbery candy releases up to thousands of ...

New research by Queen’s University Belfast has found that chewing gum can release over a quarter of a million microplastics and detectable ... leading marketing data and analytics company, today ...

They found that, on average, one gram of chewing gum releases about 100 microplastics, while others release more than 600. A typical stick of gum can weigh anywhere from one to several grams.

Chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Chewing gum's base ingredient is synthetic rubber, which is a type of plastic. A stick of gum is ...

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