I may be wrong, but I always thought that collecting latex was done in a
very similar manner to collecting maple sap from which to make syrup. Doesn't
really hurt the trees; I believe that rubber trees are grown on plantations
and just harvested on a schedule, but, again, I may be wrong.

On Thu Jul 2, 2009, Linda wrote:

>Would love to know the source of the rubber -- whether it comes from
>sustainable sources or whether the rainforest is being decimated to obtain
>the "natural" rubber. Knocking down rainforests is not a good tradeoff,
>IMO...


John Price So. Cal. '05 silver 36407 total miles, 48.7 mpg lifetime average



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