Not to burst your perfectly blown bubble, but it turns out that chewing gum may be flooding your mouth with microplastics ... Should you be worried, then? It's more of an open-ended question than ...

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

The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two minutes of chewing—thanks to the mechanical action, rather than the enzymatic ...

Gum is made of plastic, and chewing both synthetic and natural gums could release microplastics into your mouth, according to a new study.

A mouthful of chewing ... gum, as it could contribute to environmental plastic pollution.) Of course, removing gum from your everyday routine can also reduce your exposure to microplastics. By cutting ...

New research shows that chewing ... pieces of gum from each brand. The subject chewed each piece of gum for 4 minutes, producing samples of saliva every 30 seconds, then did a final mouth rinse ...

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

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet. The small study ...