Are you keeping a mental list of all the sources of microplastics finding their way into your daily life? You may have ...

A researcher has identified a surprising source of plastic pollution: chewing gum. In an essay for The Conversation, microplastics expert David Jones of the UK's University of Portsmouth revealed ...

Originally, chewing gum was made from the natural sap of the Sapodilla tree, known as chicle. This tree sap provided a chewy base, but over ... "Polyisobutylene is mixed with plasticisers and ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Bubble gum starts out with gum base, then flavorings and sweeteners are added. When it's all mixed up, it looks like a giant pink monster. The way it's streamlined ...

Most manufacturers just don't advertise what gum is actually made of—they dodge around the detail by listing "gum base" in the ingredients ... the amount of gum being produced, but one peer ...