Chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Chewing gum's base ingredient is synthetic rubber, which is a type of plastic. A stick of gum is a ...

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SAN DIEGO, March 25, 2025 — Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life, such as cutting boards, clothes and cleaning sponges, can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic ...

Stock image of someone blowing a gum bubble. Chewing gum can shed microplastics — and natural and synthetic gums contain “similar amounts of microplastics.” Each stick of gum releases an average of ...

Not to burst your perfectly blown bubble, but it turns out that chewing gum may be flooding your mouth with microplastics. As detailed in a pilot study, which is awaiting peer review, a team of UCLA ...

When you pop a piece of gum in your mouth, you might be hoping to freshen your breath, relieve some stress, or just get a bit of flavor. But you could also be getting thousands of microplastics ...

Researchers found that chewing gum — from both synthetic and natural brands — released an average of 100 plastic fragments per gram. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two ...

Stop munching on that plastic. The U.S. National Institute of Health estimates that over 350 billion pieces of chewing gum are consumed globally every year, making gum one of the most widely enjoyed ...

LONDON - FEBRUARY 21: Some of the estimated 300,000 pieces of used chewing gum that litter Oxford Street are seen as pedestrians walk by, as capital cities are due to hold a joint summit for the first ...

A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces Chewing gum can shed microplastics — and natural and synthetic gums contain ...