From surprising dental complications beyond cavities to digestive system disruptions, chewing gum presents health challenges that most people never consider when unwrapping that next piece.

In the absence of toothpaste and dentists, people found their own ways to keep their mouths feeling as hygienic as possible. Chewing gum filled in some of those gaps and its primary purpose across ...

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 ...

A researcher has identified a surprising source of plastic pollution: chewing gum ... industry-funded campaigns to help people dispose more properly of gum waste, those companies "making a ...

can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles called microplastics. Now, chewing gum could be added to the list. In a pilot study, researchers found that chewing gum can release ...

By the time Wrigley began his business venture, Americans had grown accustomed to chewing gum sold as candy-coated ... Many, though, are not substances that people would otherwise think to put ...