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Sean Freeman · 22nd April 2007, 01:51 PM

G'day mate, yep they're harvesting the gum from the trees, they do it in China and the Phillipines too. Not just for soaps, years gone by was used in chewing gum..mabe still is not sure. Anyway here's a PDF that has a very unusual use or at least one I didn't know about

White%20Residue%20(26Jan05).pdf

Basically is the low labour costs in Portugal that make it so profitable for companies envovled..got to go to work see ya

22nd April 2007, 01:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,711	G'day mate, yep they're harvesting the gum from the trees, they do it in China and the Phillipines too. Not just for soaps, years gone by was used in chewing gum..mabe still is not sure. Anyway here's a PDF that has a very unusual use or at least one I didn't know about White%20Residue%20(26Jan05).pdf Basically is the low labour costs in Portugal that make it so profitable for companies envovled..got to go to work see ya __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran