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

Learn how antiviral chewing gum made from lablab beans may help reduce virus transmission with exciting clinical trials ahead ...

US researchers have developed an antiviral chewing gum using lablab beans that can reduce viral loads of herpes (HSV-1, HSV-2) and influenza A (H1N1, H3N2) by over 95 per cent in lab tests. The gum, ...

“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

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

Chewing gum is one area that hasn’t been widely researched. “My lab has done work mainly on microplastic transport in water and soil and their fate in soil. We learned different ways one can be ...

Most commercial chewing gum, commonly labeled as "synthetic gum," achieves its elasticity through petroleum-derived polymers—the same materials found in car tires, plastic bags, and disposable bottles ...

Chewing gum releases hundreds to thousands of microplastics ... too Mohanty and the graduate students in his lab chose five brands of synthetic gum and gave seven pieces of each brand to a single ...

A chewing gum made from lablab beans may be the next big tool in fighting viral transmission. Scientists found that this gum can neutralize influenza and herpes viruses by over 95% by targeting the ...

They found that a gram (0.04 ounces) of gum released an average of 100 microplastic fragments, though some shed more than 600 ...

A new study has revealed that a plant-based chewing gum could help reduce the spread of viruses like flu and herpes. Made ...