By the time Wrigley began his business venture, Americans had grown accustomed to chewing gum sold as candy-coated balls or ...

People have been left baffled after discovering the bizarre ingredients that go into making chewing gum. The UK is one of the biggest consumers of chewing gum globally, with fans chomping through ...

The research findings, led by Queen’s University Belfast and published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, demonstrated how potentially harmful materials can enter the body from chewing gum.

A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces Getty Chewing gum ... story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily ...

Chewing gum can shed microplastics ... saliva is a small fraction of the plastic that’s in the gum,” Mohanty said in the release. “So, be mindful about the environment and don’t just throw it outside ...

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said, while warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet. The small study comes as ...

The answer is chewing gum — or at least, that’s what a new pilot study from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) suggests.

A researcher has identified a surprising source of plastic pollution: chewing gum ... industry-funded campaigns to help people dispose more properly of gum waste, those companies "making a ...

The people I talk to are always surprised, and disgusted, when they find out they’ve been chewing on a lump of malleable plastic. Most manufacturers just don’t advertise what gum is actually ...

Research from the University of Rhode Island showed that people who chewed gum consumed 68 fewer calories at lunch and did not compensate by eating more later in the day. Chewing gum also helped ...