Green Options » latex http://greenoptions.com/tag/latex Posts tagged 'latex' Tue, 13 May 2008 04:28:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Safe Sex with Amazon Rainforest Condoms http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/12/safe-sex-with-amazon-rainforest-condoms/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/12/safe-sex-with-amazon-rainforest-condoms/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 04:28:39 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/12/safe-sex-with-amazon-rainforest-condoms/ rubber tapper in BrazilLast month, the Brazilian government began producing condoms using rubber from trees in the Amazon in an effort to preserve the world’s largest rainforest and cut dependence on imported contraceptives to fight AIDS.  Brazil’s first government-run condom factory will produce 100 million condoms a year from latex harvested in the Chico Mendes Reserve, named after a conservationist and rubber tapper killed by ranchers.

Image:  The Guardian 

]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/12/safe-sex-with-amazon-rainforest-condoms/feed/ Natural Contraception, Brazilian-Style http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/08/natural-contraception-brazilian-style/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/08/natural-contraception-brazilian-style/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:20:51 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecoscraps.com/2008/04/08/natural-contraception-brazilian-style/ Latex being tapped from a rubber tree. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons user Hullie.)Brazil’s health ministry has announced a plan aimed at reducing its dependence on imported goods, fighting AIDS, providing contraception and … preserving the Amazon rainforest. The highlight of the plan? Natex, a condom to be made from latex from Brazil’s rubber trees.

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