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Because of the elasticity of it makers do not realize the harm it can cause people with allergic reactions to latex.
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What has the author D J Nagy written?
D. J. Nagy has written: 'Column chromatography of polymer latexes'
In the 1920's who invented gum?
Believe it or not, chewing gum in various forms has existed since at least the Neolithic period. 5,000 year old chewing gum with tooth imprints, made of birch bark tar, has been found in Finland. The bark tar of which the gums were made is believed to have antiseptic properties and other medicinal advantages. The ancient Mayans used chicle as a base for making a gum-like substance. Women in particular used this gum as a mouth freshener. Also, the Florentine Codex refers to the use of chicle by women. Forms of chewing gums were also used in Ancient Greece. The Greeks chewed mastic gum, made from the resin of the mastic tree. Many other cultures have chewed gum-like substances made from plants, grasses, and resins. The American Indians chewed resin made from the sap of spruce trees. The New England settlers picked up this practice, and in the early 1880s attempts were made to commercially market spruce gum. Around 1850 a gum made from paraffin wax was developed and soon exceeded the spruce gum in popularity. Modern chewing gum was first developed in the 1860s when chicle was imported from Mexico for use as a rubber substitute. Chicle did not succeed as a replacement for rubber, but as a gum it soon dominated the market. Chicle gum, and gum made from similar latexes, had a smoother and softer texture and held flavor better. In 1848, John B. Curtis developed and sold the first commercial chewing gum called The State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum. William Semple filed the first patent on chewing gum on December 28, 1869.
Can infants digest chewing gum?
The main component in modern chewing gum is a synthetic latex polymer of the same origin as the "rubber" in car tires.. It does not digest in any animals digestive system. Neither does it hang out inn the digestive system as some folk tales would have us believe. It passes out of the body with all the other undigested solid waste within a few hours. At one time chewing gum was made from natural latexes made from the latex sap of the sapodilla tree (native to Central America). This sap was called chicle. Duringr World War II chemists learned to make synthetic rubber which came to replace most natural rubber in chewing gum (e.g., polyethylene and polyvinyl acetate). The last U.S. manufacturer to use chicle is Glee Gum.
Which gum loses its flavor fastest sour gum or regular gum?
The regular gum lasts longest. Gum gum gum
How do I stop a water leak in a 1957 Chev Nomad?
Gum Gum Gum Gum
What is Spidge?
Chewing Gum. Chewing Gum. Chewing Gum.
Can you melt gum?
you can recycle the gum rapper but not the gum it self
Is there gum in gum drops?
No they just call them gum drops because it has the properties of gum like chewiness
Who makes gum?
Actually we get gum from whales.how we get gum from whales is that when they die there blaber be used to make gum.
Do dentists stick needles in your gum when you go get a tooth pulled?
Not in your gum, in the side of your mouth close to your gum Not in your gum, in the side of your mouth close to your gum
Where is gum manufacture?
All gum is manufactured in gum factories. Apart from that made in peoples homes. This gum is made in peoples homes, not in gum factories.
What are the ingredients mixed in chewing gum?
Gum, acid, and more gum.
