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

The gum is made from bean powder naturally containing a protein that binds to a wide variety of germs, including influenza ...

“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

Chewing gum typically contains synthetic or natural polymers ... Most, if not all, gum product labels and websites do not disclose what their gum base includes nor how they are processed. This lack of ...

They found that purified FRIL at 80 μg/mL of a two-gram gum tablet neutralized 95 percent of HSV-1 and HSV-2. Whereas at ...

through chewing gum. Gum is made from three main ingredients: a rubbery base, sweeteners and flavorings. Natural gums use plant-based materials like chicle or tree sap for the base, while ...

Most chewing gums on the market are composed of a rubbery base, flavorings and some form of sweetener. "What makes chewing gum chewy – and not melt – is that it is made from a polymer ...

Looking beyond jabs, sprays or tablets, scientists are thinking outside the box for delivering antiviral medication to ...

Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers – similar to the plastic material used in car ...

Indeed, the base ingredient of chewing gum — the part that makes it chewy — is synthetic rubber. That's plastic. "That's something very few consumers know," Mohanty, an engineering professor ...