Green Options » rubber trees http://greenoptions.com/tag/rubber-trees Posts tagged 'rubber trees' Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:20:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 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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