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 ...

New study finds chewing gum releases up to 637 microplastic particles in just minutes, with 94% released in the first 8 ...

Chewing gum had a strange ... why it was such a big deal, but you suspected it had something to do with how impossible it was to scrape off the hallway floors. Blowing bubble gum bubbles was ...

A new study found that both natural and synthetic gum shed microplastics, with each piece of gum producing about 100 pieces ...

You may have another culprit to consider: It's gum, according to a new pilot study that found chewing just one piece can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. The study is ...

The chewing gum industry is big business, worth an estimated US$48.68 billion (£37.7 billion) in 2025. Three companies own 75% of the market share, the largest of which is Wrigley, with an ...

Now, chewing gum could be added to the list. In a pilot study, researchers found that chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into saliva and potentially be ingested.