Rubber Really Does Grow on Trees, but U.S. Supply Could Still Run Dry

Finding Genius Podcast

Richard Jacobs

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4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

There’s not one sector of our economy that isn’t completely dependent upon a secure, natural rubber supply. But 100% of natural rubber is produced outside of the U.S., putting us at risk of running out due to supply chain disruptions.

Over 40 million metric tons of natural rubber are made annually – almost 50% of all the rubber used globally, synthetic included.

What would things look like without the 50,000+ items that require natural rubber?

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Tune in to learn:

Where the most rubber tree plantations exist today
Why natural rubber isn’t produced in the U.S. (and who controls 80% of it)
What would happen if natural rubber supplies ran out
How latex is collected from trees and turned into rubber
Why surgeons don’t like to use synthetic latex gloves
South American leaf blight (SALB) – what it is and how quickly it can devastate rubber tree plantations

Katrina Cornish is focused on developing domestic rubber-producing crops that can provide the rubber and latex we need for critical applications in every industry. She explains what this entails, the ins and outs of the natural rubber production process, what natural rubber offers that synthetic rubber cannot, different types of natural rubber, and so much more.

Tune in for the full conversation.

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0:00.0	And the whole goal of this section of my career is to develop domestic rubber producing crops
0:06.9	that can produce the rubber and latex that we need for critical applications.
0:11.7	Okay, so what is the current issue? You know, all the rubber trees are they over in Indonesia?
0:17.1	Where are they domestic? Well, at the moment Thailand is the largest single producer,
0:22.1	but then we've also got Malaysia, Vietnam, China, India. And then there are some parts
0:28.9	that have been West Africa as well, where there are rubber tree plantations. Not very much
0:34.3	comes from South America because they have a systemic fatal disease called South American leaf
0:40.1	light. Increased stress is linked with teeth grinding and clenching, which causes poor sleep,
0:46.0	jaw pain and headaches. Did you know that one in every four adults grind or clenched their teeth
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1:29.7	Richard Jacobs has made his life's mission to find them for you. He hunts down and interviews
1:35.2	geniuses in every field. Sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. Here come
1:40.8	the geniuses. This is the Finding Genius Podcast with Richard Jacobs.
1:45.6	Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast, now part of the Finding
1:54.0	Genius Foundation. I have Katrina Cornish. She's a professor at Ohio State University,
1:59.7	so we're going to hear about her research and her work. So Katrina, thank you for coming.
2:03.8	You're welcome. Thank you for inviting me. Yeah, please tell me a bit about your past,
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