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 ...

A new study from the University of California, Los Angeles has discovered that there are microplastics in chewing gum. Both ...

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 minutes of chewing a gum stick, 94% of microplastic particles are released into ...

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 ...