A new study showed that chewing gum releases microplastics, which can then be swallowed and absorbed by the body.

Stop munching on that plastic. The U.S. National Institute of Health estimates that over 350 billion pieces of chewing gum ...

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

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

A SINGLE piece of chewing gum releases thousands of toxic microplastics into your mouth to be swallowed, scientists have ...

A recent study found that chewing gum can release up to thousands of microplastics per piece and potentially be ingested, ...

Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles ...

Chewing a single piece of gum could release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study has warned.

Preclinical research suggests that P. gingivalis, a bacteria linked to gum disease, may travel to the left atrium, ...

In another experiment, saliva samples were collected periodically over 20 minutes to look at the release rate of microplastics from each piece of gum. Then, the researchers measured the number of ...

Both synthetic and natural gums were found to contain microplastics. While the long-term effects of exposure to microplastics are not well understood, emerging evidence has suggested several ...