Bubble gum contains rubber in it
Chewing gum does have a form of rubber in it. Gum contains gum base which is plastic and rubber. This is why gum does not dissolve in your mouth. Gum does not digest when it is swallowed. It stays in one piece and will stay in your body for a few days. Humans have used chewing gum for at least 5,000 years. Modern chewing gum was originally made of chicle, a natural latex. By the 1960s, chicle was replaced by butadiene-based synthetic rubber which is cheaper to manufacture. Most chewing gums are considered polymers.
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58 Comments
Craig Scherer
Rubber is a specific organic substance from the rubber tree and by your own admission it is not in current or even most historical versions. If the question had been does chewing gum have rubber like polymers then I would give you true but it does not have rubber from rubber trees.
Robert Swanson
NASTY! Chewing gum should be discontinued because people don't dispose of it properly. Orlando, FL airport has disallowed the sale of it at their stores and for good reason!
marilynmitri
When you say ''polymer" does that mean "plastic"? We are chewing plastic? It doesn't digest in us. Does it ever biodegrade?
ukmcfry
Yet another question that when I pressed the dislike button it registered as a like.
Bridget Clayton
Michael Doherty, Isn't there always!
Bridget Clayton
d p catalano, Why? And it's cringe
Chris Brown
It is synthetic though.
brezza marina
Unfortunately, I'm learning to select the "right answer" according to quizzclub instead of the real right answer.
Player
Robert Swanson, it's banned in Singapore
Andy the educated troglodyte
The question title is poor ....'in it' is superfluous
Charles J. Russell III
I really did bad on this one pheew
Anne Roberts
Chewing gum is harmless .chewing good exercise cleanses the mouth “LOVELY”
dlh
I had hoped it was false!
Cheryl McMeekin
Got it right.
Diane Lynn Kinsman
Got it, my Dad used to give us Spruce gum , when we went on a hike/picnic.. to clean our teeth.Bit bitter at 1st, not bad and works. My Mom's father told him, old, old thing. Old folks did it way back.. My Mom's grandfather used it, never lost a tooth.
d p catalano
I cringed when I see people chewing gum. Gross. 😎
kevro
Agreed. Kind of like all plastics are polymers, so is most rubber these days. Not much is made of pure rubber. I think that is most people’s mistake. The question was in good faith, but the answer is incorrect.