Consider Gutta-percha. In 1848 this tree sap was the first industrial latex plastics—it started a plastic boom. It was profoundly important as an underwater cable insulator–before petroleum plastics. Gutta-percha is as important as the telegraph itself. It changed the world. https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1213561703633313793 …pic.twitter.com/U3TbSuM0Yq
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