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 ...

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 ...

Chewing gum is a popular pastime for many, offering a burst of flavor, a distraction from stress or a tool for freshening breath. However, while it may seem like a harmless habit, chewing gum can lead ...

Feeling sluggish or stressed? Popping a piece of gum might help you refocus on the task at hand — at least, that’s what some candy companies want you to believe. According to the Associated Press, ...

A piece of chewing gum may sound out of place in a cancer lab. Yet in this case, it became the delivery system for two ...

Researchers led by Henry Daniell of the School of Dental Medicine have shown that extracts from bioengineered chewing gum reduce the levels of three microbes known to be associated with head and neck ...

The relationship between chewing gum – both the sugary and the non-sugary kind – and whether chewing gum might prevent conditions like gum disease, bone loss around teeth, and caries, was studied in ...

Humans have been chewing gum for thousands of years, long after the flavor fades and without any clear nutritional benefit. The habit dates back at least 8,000 years to Scandinavia, where people ...

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 ...