UCLA researchers found that chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into the saliva and ...

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

Parker McCollum says he has swallowed every piece of gum he's chewed and even ate 46 pieces in one sitting. Despite what ...

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

“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

While often marketed as a harmless, chewy sweet, most mass-produced gums, including prominent names like Wrigley, are made ...

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

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

Chewing gum can shed microplastics — and natural and synthetic gums contain “similar amounts of microplastics.” Each stick of gum releases an average of 100 pieces of microplastic into saliva — with ...

A new study reveals that a single piece of gum can release thousands of microplastics into your saliva—adding to your yearly ...