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

Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers have said, also warning of ...

A SINGLE piece of chewing gum releases thousands of toxic microplastics into your mouth to be swallowed, scientists have warned. Tiny plastic particles shed by everyday items like cutting boards ...

Chewing gum ... of synthetic gum and five of natural gum, which use plant-based polymers such as tree sap. "It was surprising that we found microplastics were abundant in both," Lowe told AFP. David ...

A researcher has identified a surprising source of plastic pollution: chewing gum. In an essay for The Conversation, microplastics expert David Jones of the UK's University of Portsmouth revealed that ...

They’re in human brains and aortas. Now, scientists say microplastics have also been found in chewing gum. A strip can release hundreds to thousands into human saliva to potentially be ingested.