print email comment close United States Synthetic Rubber Program, 1939-1945 URL: http://acswebcontent.acs.org/landmarks/landmarks/rbb/ Description: Illustrated essay about the origins of synthetic rubber, which was developed by a consortium of companies after Southeast Asia cut off the U.S. supply of natural rubber at the beginning of World War II.  Includes a bibliography. Part of the American Chemical Society National Historic Chemical Landmarks website. Publisher: American Chemical Society Extra Keywords WWII second two GR-S Government Rubber-Styrene Library of Congress Subject Headings: Rubber industry and trade Rubber, Artificial LII Database Information: Record 20361 created by Maria Brandt on 01/12/2006 Last modification on 01/18/2006 Published: 01/19/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20361