Researchers estimate that chewing 160-180 pieces of gum annually could lead to the ingestion of approximately 30,000 microplastics. This could add to the already large amount we consume from other ...

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 ...

Instead, “both synthetic and natural gums had similar amounts of microplastics released when we chewed them,” Lowe said. The release says large ... subjects chewing a piece of gum for four ...