For decades, chewing gum occupied a unique blind spot in consumer consciousness. People who carefully scrutinised food l ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Stock image of someone blowing a gum bubble. Chewing gum can shed microplastics — and natural and synthetic gums contain ...

Designer Spotlight is a regular column focusing on style/design and the professional woman. Simply Gum, best known for disrupting the U.S. chewing gum market by replacing controversial - often hidden ...

African chewing sticks have been used for centuries as a natural alternative to modern toothbrushes. These sticks, sourced ...

When you pop a piece of gum in your mouth, you might be hoping to freshen your breath, relieve some stress, or just get a bit of flavor. But you could also be getting thousands of microplastics ...

“I swallowed gum for many years; I must be a bionic woman by now.” A horror-struck woman, alias u/BlinksyBoo, wrote in a Reddit post after reading a report published by researchers from the University ...

Generations of Americans have grown up using chewing gum, but a new pilot study claims that both synthetic and natural gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastic particles into saliva, ...

Do you struggle to stay focused at work or school? Well, the act of chewing gum can actually help improve your cognitive performance. Studies have shown that chewing gum can increase blood flow to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although all-natural varieties of chewing gum do exist, the plastic components used in many major gum products are shedding ...

The founder of UK-based ‘super natural’ chewing gum start-up Milliways is also calling for a single-use plastic levy to make it easier for consumers to switch to a ‘more sustainable’ option. Chew on ...