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

making bubble gum lose its flavor quickly. The base provides the "chew," creating elasticity that allows for bigger bubbles, while sweeteners and flavorings make the gum taste good and give it ...

Perhaps one of the oddest side effects of regular gum chewing is how it temporarily rewires your taste perception. The intense flavors in most commercial gums—whether intensely minty or syrupy ...

Chewing gum typically contains synthetic or natural polymers for better texture, elasticity and flavor retention, the authors said. “Chewing gum is one of the foods we chose because it is the ...

Chewing gum lovers could inadvertently be consuming up to the equivalent of 15 credit cards worth of plastic every year ...

Binning gum is not the solution either. Addressing gum as a plastic pollutant dictates that the prevention of gum pollution ...