Dandelions could be a sustainable source of rubber

( < i > American Chemical Society < /i > ) While most farmers are actively trying to kill weeds, researchers in Ohio are trying to grow them -- fast. Taraxacum kok-saghyz, a special variety of dandelion from Kazakhstan -- nicknamed 'Buckeye Gold' by the researchers studying it -- may be the answer to sustainable and US-based rubber-making. An article in Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, examines the plants' potential for revolutionizing the rubber industry.
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