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

And if you redecorate your home and sand down the old paintwork, the plastic binders in the paint can release microplastics ...

New Penn Medicine research has found that chewing gum has the ability to prevent contagious diseases, research indicating a 95% reduction in the spread of infection.

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

Chewing gum was found to release hundreds of tiny microplastic particles directly into people's mouths, researchers announced ...

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

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

He explained that people often react with shock when they learn that chewing gum shares similar building blocks with materials found in car tyres, plastic bags, and bottles.

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning ...

Chewing gum could be a hidden source of plastic ingestion, releasing thousands of microplastic fragments directly into the ...