Microplastics are building up in human brains, blood, reproductive organs, and more. A new study suggests you ingest more ...

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

A study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials reveals that chewing a piece of gum for one hour can result in ...

Chewing gum fiends might want to think twice before popping in another piece of gum. A pilot study found that chewing gum can ...

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

Researchers found that chomping on a single stick of chewing gum can release up to thousands of shards of microplastics.

On average, 100 microplastics are released per gram of chewing gum, with some pieces releasing as many as 600 microplastics ...

New study finds chewing gum releases up to 637 microplastic particles in just minutes, with 94% released in the first 8 ...

A large stick of gum could release more than 3,000 microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Here’s what that ...

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

MPs are tiny plastic particles that originate from the breakdown of larger plastic items, such as microfibers from synthetic ...

New research by Queen’s University Belfast has found that chewing gum can release over a quarter of a million microplastics ...