Chewing gum may also be a better choice than eating mints for your oral health, Dr. Matthew Messina, dentist and consumer ...

A UCLA study shows that gum may shed plastic fragments as you chew, which can be absorbed in saliva. Even natural brands ...

A person happily gnawing away on a large piece of gum could unleash more than 3,000 microplastic particles, according to the ...

Gum chewing can affect various parts of the body ... a new piece as soon as it loses its flavor, it may be better to stick with the same piece for as long as you can. And, Dr. Korfmacher added ...

Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

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 fiends might want to think twice before ... as the average person chews between 160-180 small sticks of gum per year. And Mohanty said if gum isn’t properly thrown away, it’s ...

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

Chewing gum's base ingredient is synthetic rubber, which is a type of plastic. A stick of gum is a relatively small source of microplastics, but a chewing habit could add up. Microplastics are ...