On 06/05/2006, at 17:30, Phyllis Adamson wrote:

[snip]
> At the standard Tmax time for alcohol, pump 2 bottles of milk, at  
> least one
> ounce (30 ml) each.
> Do test strips immediately, then place one bottle on the counter at  
> room
> temp and one in the refrigerator.
> Repeat the test every 30 minutes for 5 alcohol half lives.

Is there any evidence that alcohol has a half life in milk? My  
understanding is that ethanol is metabolised within the liver. I  
can't imagine what mechanism there would be for ethanol metabolism  
within expressed milk, as I've not heard of leucocytes having that  
capacity.

Lara Hopkins

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