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

Chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study suggests. Chewing gum's base ingredient is synthetic rubber, which is a type of plastic. A stick of gum is ...

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?

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