Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces ... Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and information websites bringing millions of readers ...

Some types of gum released up to 637 microplastics per gram. Most of the microplastics detached from gum within the first 2 minutes of chewing. It wasn’t saliva that broke down the microplastics ...

You may have another culprit to consider: It’s gum, according to a new pilot study that found chewing just one piece can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics into saliva. The study is ...