Chewing gum releases thousands of microplastics into body, study finds

SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) – A recent study found that chewing gum can release up to thousands of microplastics per piece and potentially be ingested, according to researchers.Lisa Lowe and Jamie Leonard, both graduate students at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Sanjay Mohanty, an engineering professor at UCLA, shared the findings at the American Chemical Society's 2025 Meeting and Expo in San Diego this week.“Our goal is not to alarm anybody,” Mohanty said in an ACS&