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

UCLA researchers found that chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into the saliva and ...

New study finds chewing gum releases up to 637 microplastic particles in just minutes, with 94% released in the first 8 ...

The study found that most microplastics were released within the first two minutes of chewing. Lisa Lowe, a graduate student ...

Researchers found that chomping on a single stick of chewing gum can release up to thousands of shards of microplastics.

Chewing gum contains plant-based or synthetic plastic polymers, making it a potential source of microplastics; however, the ...

Chewing gum may expose the body to microplastics. UCLA scientists identified tiny particles that break off and enter the body ...

The researchers, from the University of California, Los Angeles, calculated that one piece of gum could shed hundreds or a ...