A pilot study by UCLA engineers found that microplastics are also present in chewing gum. The research suggests that regular gum chewers could potentially be ingesting tens of thousands of ...

Imagine walking down the street, chewing ... gum is cooled and shaped into perfect pieces, ready to be packaged. Watch as the transformation of a simple blob of goo into the stretchy, bubble ...

The pair tested 10 brands of commercially available chewing gum, including five synthetic gums, which rely on petroleum-based polymers for their chewiness, and five natural gums, which use plant ...