In an effort to reduce the cost of street cleaning, lawmakers have ruled that all gum sold in Spain must use a less-sticky copolymer of vinyl acetate and vinyl laurate. The only problem: The new compounds are linked to cancer.
In an effort to reduce the cost of street cleaning, lawmakers have ruled that all gum sold in Spain must use a less-sticky copolymer of vinyl acetate and vinyl laurate. The only problem: The new compounds are linked to cancer.