The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two minutes of chewing—thanks to the mechanical action, rather than the enzymatic ...

Gum is made of plastic, and chewing both synthetic and natural gums could release microplastics into your mouth, according to a new study.

The average weight of a stick of gum is around 1.5 grams. People who chew around 180 pieces of gum a year could be ingesting roughly 30,000 microplastics, the researchers said. This pales in ...

When you pop a piece of gum in your mouth, you might be hoping to freshen ... The topic even surprised some of her classmates. “People don’t really know that gum is plastic,” she says.