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[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

You can buy chewing gum made from natural materials but it's not the norm. Most chewing gum is made from mineral oil.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Also, chemically they are identical. Plastic made of a plant is still a plastic.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

Nah it's just rubbery dried chicle sap, no chemical refining like with oil

This is what it looks like

[-] [email protected] 0 points 18 hours ago

Yes really, still a polymer: it forms polyisoprene upon drying. You also find the stuff (synthesised from oil, yes, but chemically indistinguishable) in tires and condoms.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

That's a different plant

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