A recent US pilot study found natural chewing gums release 'similar amounts of microplastics' to synthetic gums ...

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Learn more about the tiny particles that can come off of your gum — what is essentially a soft piece of plastic — as you chew ...

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

A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces ...

People who chew around 180 pieces of gum a year could be ingesting roughly 30,000 microplastics, the researchers said.

Chewing gum contains plant-based or synthetic plastic polymers, making it a potential source of microplastics; however, the ...

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Researchers have found that chewing gum releases microplastics into people's mouths, adding another source of microplastic ...

Microplastics —tiny plastic bits that can take hundreds of years to break down—are everywhere, from tap water to tea bags, ...