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Microplastics are tiny plastic particles — between 1 micrometer- and 5 millimeters-wide. Every year, humans are exposed to tens of thousands of microplastics via food, beverages, packaging, coatings, ...

New research shows that chewing gum can release hundreds or possibly thousands of microplastics into saliva, which may then be absorbed into the body. Even all-natural gum sheds microplastics when ...

The March/April 2019 issue of Applied Cognitive Psychology, demonstrates the way chewing gum enhances certain cognitive functions. A review of the literature contained within reveals more correlative ...