SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A recent study found that chewing gum can release up to thousands of microplastics per piece and potentially be ingested, according to researchers. Lisa Lowe and Jamie ...

Not to burst your bubble, but your gum might be packed with plastic. A new study found that chewing a single piece ... plastic ranging from 1 nanometer to 5 millimeters in size — are released ...

In fact, it’s thought that our food, our drinks, and our plastic packaging can cause us to ingest tens of thousands of microplastics each year, with every piece sitting at around 1 micrometer to 5 ...

A researcher has identified a surprising source of plastic pollution: chewing ... pieces of gum weigh around 1.4 grams — which would mean that nearly 2.4 million tons, or about 5.4 billion ...