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

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 ...

Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering found that both natural and synthetic chewing gums release ...

Plastic is a huge presence in contemporary life, found in many everyday items from chopping boards and garments to sponges, and new research indicates that chewing gum should also be on our watch ...

Our findings fill gaps in micro and nano plastic detection and underscore the importance of raising awareness and highlighting chewing gum as an unrecognised source of plastic exposure.' ...

You could swallow them when you drink from single-use plastic water bottles. Now another source of microplastics in the body has been discovered: chewing gum. Chewing gum contains long molecules ...

“Our findings fill gaps in micro and nano plastic detection and underscore the importance of raising awareness and highlighting chewing gum as an unrecognised source of plastic exposure.

Despite its everyday presence, with the UK consuming four billion pieces of plastic gum annually, most consumers remain unaware that regular chewing gum is, in fact, a single-use plastic. Under the ...

You could swallow them when you drink from single-use plastic water bottles. Now another source of microplastics in the body has been discovered: chewing gum. Chewing gum contains long molecules ...

Furthermore, Nuud chewing gum founder Keir Carner claimed there were “American brands that purport to be natural but use a plastic gum base and because of the legislation they don’t list the plastic ...

The study found that chewing gum could release a surprisingly high amount of microplastics. On average, 100 microplastic ...

"What makes chewing gum chewy – and not melt – is that it is made from a polymer, which is basically a plastic-like polymer," Mohanty said. Natural gum products use a plant-based polymer ...