Scientists have found plastic fragments can shed off cutting boards, takeout containers and even laminated paper cups with each use.

Business Waste used the latest studies to create shocking images that illustrate how high levels of microplastic exposure can negatively affect the human body — including your appearance.

Microplastics are in our water, air and seafood. It's been recently discovered to be in chewing gum, too. Here's what to know ...

A new study reveals that a single piece of gum can release thousands of microplastics into your saliva—adding to your yearly ...

And if you redecorate your home and sand down the old paintwork, the plastic binders in the paint can release microplastics ...

Chewing gum could release hundreds to thousands of microplastic particles into your saliva, a new UCLA study finds.

The rate at which chewing gum releases microplastics in saliva is quite astonishing. The test suggests that within eight ...

According to a new pilot study that found chewing just one piece can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into ...

The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two ...

Plastic is everywhere. And many products we use in everyday life can expose people to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles ...

The research team then measured the number of microplastics present in each saliva sample. Plastic particles were either ...