Not to burst your perfectly blown bubble, but it turns out that chewing gum may be flooding your mouth with microplastics. As detailed in a pilot study which is awaiting peer-review, a team of ...

On average, 100 microplastics are released per gram of chewing gum, with some pieces releasing as many as 600 microplastics ...

Yum! Eventually most of the sweetener and flavoring slide down your throat with your saliva and the great taste becomes a memory. Gum base does not dissolve in saliva. This is why you lose the flavor, ...