Parker McCollum says he has swallowed every piece of gum he's chewed and even ate 46 pieces in one sitting. Despite what ...

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

Researchers found that chomping on a single stick of chewing gum can release up to thousands of shards of microplastics.

By the time Wrigley began his business venture, Americans had grown accustomed to chewing gum sold as candy-coated balls or ...

If you enjoy a refreshing stick of gum now and then, you may be biting off more than you should chew. A recent pilot study found that chewing gum – even those labeled "natural" – can release ...

A large stick of gum could release more than 3,000 microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Here’s what that ...

Not to burst your bubble, but your gum might be packed with ... Mohanty also urged people to “be mindful” when they’re done chewing. The average American chews about 1.8 pounds of gum ...

A Florida woman faced a felony charge after allegedly smacking a “large wad” of chewing gum onto a Tesla – causing nearly $3,000 worth of damage, according to Sunshine State authorities.

Chewing gum contains plant-based or synthetic plastic polymers, making it a potential source of microplastics; however, the ...

The research findings, led by Queen’s University Belfast and published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, demonstrated how potentially harmful materials can enter the body from chewing gum.

Chewing gum has been added to the growing list of things that lead us to ingest hundreds and thousands of microplastics. But is it really surprising considering gum is pretty much made of plastic?