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

A special type of chewing gum can 'trap' and neutralize some influenza and herpes viruses, according to new experiments from ...

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

Chewing gum has been added to the growing list of things that lead us to ingest hundreds and thousands of microplastics. But ...

If you enjoy a refreshing stick of gum now and then, you may be biting off more than you should chew. A recent pilot study found that chewing gum – even those labeled "natural" – can release ...

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 ...

Now another source of microplastics in the body has been discovered: chewing gum. Chewing gum contains long molecules called polymers. Some brands of gum contain natural polymers from tree sap.

Gum is made of plastic, and chewing both synthetic and natural gums could release microplastics into your mouth, according to ...

Gum chewing has been shown to boost blood flow ... wood because we lack the enzyme cellulase to break down cellulose — plus, wood may contain splinters and toxicity from chemical treatments.

from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers – similar to the plastic material used in car tyres . If you find that thought slightly unsettling ...