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minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·17 hours agoYou can buy chewing gum made from natural materials but it’s not the norm. Most chewing gum is made from mineral oil.
minus-squarefristislurper@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 hours agoAlso, chemically they are identical. Plastic made of a plant is still a plastic.
minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 hours agoNah it’s just rubbery dried chicle sap, no chemical refining like with oil This is what it looks like
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoI can almost taste the six seconds the flavor added to that will last! Five minutes of microplastics or a blink of flavor? Answer might just be no gum :(
You can buy chewing gum made from natural materials but it’s not the norm. Most chewing gum is made from mineral oil.
Also, chemically they are identical. Plastic made of a plant is still a plastic.
Nah it’s just rubbery dried chicle sap, no chemical refining like with oil
This is what it looks like
I can almost taste the six seconds the flavor added to that will last!
Five minutes of microplastics or a blink of flavor? Answer might just be no gum :(