Two 13-year-old girls -- one in pigtails tied with pink and yellow ribbons -- sit at the controls in the mock cockpit of a 737 jet, watching the screen in front of them as they “fly” above Salt Lake ...

The base for conventional chewing gum contains food-grade plastic polymers. Natural gums, however, are known for their non-synthetic ingredients like tree sap and plant-based wax. But a researcher at ...

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Not to burst your bubble, but your gum might be packed with plastic. A new study found that chewing a single piece releases hundreds — if not thousands — of microplastics into your saliva, which ...