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

Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an anthropologist at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. In Mexico, for instance, ...

In chewing gums that are “natural,” a plant-based polymer ... gum along with five types of natural gum that are commercially available. As part of the experiment, one person chewed seven ...

A chewing gum made from lablab beans may be the next big tool in fighting viral transmission. Scientists found that this gum ...

The researchers' analysis revealed that the lion's share of the microplastics were released from the gum in the first two minutes of chewing—thanks to the mechanical action, rather than the enzymatic ...

Gum has, for the most part, not triggered those worries, but in recent years, its popularity had been dropping for other reasons. In a bid to reverse that trend, gum companies are marketing ...

Gum Products International Global (GPI) launches a new innovation centre in Ontario to support clean-label gum development, ...