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Weird rubber fact: the price of natural rubber is controlled by the price for unrelated synthetic (petroleum based) rubber, produced since 1932. |
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Natural rubber is made from latex, tapped directly from rubber trees. It looks like Elmer’s glue. |
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Each worker taps about 400 trees per day. A healthy tree can produce rubber for 25 years! |
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Asia has the perfect climate for rubber plantations. Vietnam is 5th in the world for natural rubber production, but the fastest growing. |
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