The researchers, from the University of California, Los Angeles, calculated that one piece of gum could shed hundreds or a ...

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

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

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 ...

We are riddled with microplastics. It is in our bloodstream, in our lungs, in our liver - pretty much anywhere you look in the human body, you will ...

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 ...

Chewing a single piece of gum could release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into your mouth, a new study has warned.