a quick search on google scholar showed a bunch of articles from the mid- 90s on high manganese in soy formulas, but all I can find more recent than that is this article: Manganese Content of Soy or Rice Beverages is High in Comparison to Infant Formulas Kevin A. Cockell, PhD, Giuseppe Bonacci and Bartholomeus Belonje Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 23, No. 2, 124-130 (2004) They show that manganese is unacceptably high for infants in soy and rice beverages intended for adults, but from what I gather in the abstract (have to pay for full article) soy formula is much lower. Was the formulation changed in the 90s to respond to the earlier publications? Search http://scholar.google.com for "manganese" and "soy" for the 90s article. Kirsten Berggren, Ph.D. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html