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

Many of us don't think twice about casually popping a stick of gum in our mouth. But chew on this: When you do, you're also ...

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 ...

Polymers are chemical compounds with long chains of large and repetitive ... shed depended on the chewing time. To identify the types and amounts of microplastics in gum, the authors used various ...

New research shows that chewing gum ... released similar amounts of microplastics. Researchers estimated that if the average person chewed 160 to 180 small sticks of gum per year, they would ...

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 ...

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