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Chewing Gum that Washes Off with Soap

by Steve
12/06/2006 10:00:00 PM

Revolymer Ltd., a Wales-based company, claims to have developed a new chemical base for chewing gum that allows it to removed from pavements and surfaces with soap and water.

According to Professor Terence Cosgrove, the company's chief scientific officer...
"We have managed to change the surface characteristics of the gum base which will allow a stream of water or a mild soap solution to break the adhesion between chewing gum residues and surfaces such as paving stones, furniture, hair, etc.,"
The company now wants to create its own chewing gum and put it to the real test. If this takes off, we may end up with a new problem of chewing gum gobbing up our sewer systems.

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10 Comments:

I'll have to quit drinking Dawn Smoothies while chewing gum.

By JP, at 12/18/2006 10:59:00 PM
Hello does anyone know how much is a box of twinkies?

By Joshua, at 1/05/2007 02:07:00 PM
So this is what it's come to. Our society is so dumbed down we can't even handle sticky gum anymore. :(

By The Traveler, at 1/15/2007 11:47:00 AM
aw cmon.. it's been over a month now. is there REALLY no news on junk food anymore? this chewing gum article is starting to grind my gears every time i come here and see it.

By Anonymous, at 1/22/2007 11:40:00 AM
Missing your updates!

By Anonymous, at 2/09/2007 01:32:00 AM
update pleaaassseee!! i love to learn about junkfood!

By kathryn, at 2/17/2007 08:55:00 PM
Are you going to come back?

By cybele, at 3/07/2007 08:01:00 PM
has this site stopped updates forever?

By Anonymous, at 3/08/2007 05:21:00 AM
Sticking a nail in that coffin and removing you from my RSS feeds.

By Anonymous, at 3/18/2007 05:31:00 PM
One time I clogged up my kitchen sink with gum, because I'm dumb like that.

By Anonymous, at 5/28/2007 08:41:00 PM

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