UCLA researchers found that chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into the saliva and potentially be ingested. A trade group asserted "gum is safe to enjoy." ...

A person happily gnawing away on a large piece of gum could unleash more than 3,000 microplastic particles, according to the ...

Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering found that both natural and synthetic chewing gums release ...

Not to burst your perfectly blown bubble, but it turns out that chewing gum may ... colleague analyzed saliva samples from a single subject who chewed on a stick of gum for four minutes each.

The research team also subtracted microplastics found in an initial rinse sample from those in the chewing gum saliva samples to accurately estimate the number of microplastics released from ...

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