Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year . . . from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar ...

The neon stripes running through the chewing gum Peter Juul Regnersgaard produced from his bag after a meal with colleague and roommate Morten Ebdrup in 2017 worried both men. Something about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Chewing gum's base ingredient ...

The gum is made from bean powder naturally containing a protein that binds to a wide variety of germs, including influenza and the viruses that cause herpes. Reading time 3 minutes Here’s something to ...

For decades, chewing gum occupied a unique blind spot in consumer consciousness. People who carefully scrutinised food l ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purchasing a pack of gum can result in an unexpected source of plastic pollution winding up in your mouth. As detailed by Futurism ...

Microplastics are flowing out of gum as you chew it, preliminary results of a new study suggest. The burst of flavor in the first few minutes of chewing a stick of gum comes from the hundreds to ...