This document discusses the various social, health-related, and economic values of chewing gum. It notes that gum provides jaw exercise, can substitute for smoking, tastes good, reduces bad breath, stimulates circulation, relaxes and refreshes people. Chewing gum also supports the economy and provides jobs. The document then explores potential new applications of gum such as aiding in medicine delivery, DNA crime detection, treating mouth infections, helping people quit smoking, testing saliva pH levels, and using gum as a degradable or sculpting material.
2. potential new
applications for
chewing gum:
medicinal or
material
retarded
delivery
of certain
medicines
DNA check
for crime
detection
medicinal
treatment
for mouth- and
throat
infections
nicotine delivery
during weaning
of smoking
testing
saliva PH
level
raise the
saliva PH
to 7.4 lower the
saliva PH
to 7.4
degradable
to make it
disappear
from streets
material for
micro
sculptures
putty for
temporary
repairs
rapid gum
hardening
when 鍖avor
is lost