Give up Gum
Gum was initially made from a tree sap which was called as chicle, a natural rubber. When scientists created synthetic rubber and polyvinyl acetate began to replace this natural rubber in most of the gums. Now we are not only chewing on plastic but we are also chewing on toxic plastic as well, a chemical which is used to cause trauma in lab rats. It is better to stop the consumption of gum.
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Gum was initially made from a tree sap which was called as chicle, a natural rubber. When scientists created synthetic rubber and polyvinyl acetate began to replace this natural rubber in most of the gums. Now we are not only chewing on plastic but we are also chewing on toxic plastic as well, a chemical which is used to cause trauma in lab rats. It is better to stop the consumption of gum.