Valeries quote from the Kentucky news release sheds more light on how

these supposedly good, healthful and natural DHA & AA oils for formula
are made proves just the opposite.  It makes the formula even more
risky.



There have been several books written on historical oils for human
consumption.  Cheap, large batch non-historical vegetable oil
production, soybean, corn and rapeseed, uses the solvent extraction
method. Other companies choose the expeller, or cold press process for
lower temperatures which do not require hexane, as its use means residue
in the oil.



This news release is interesting information to share with Sally Fallon
& Mary Enig and Udo Erasmus, who have written books on the beneficial
oils.  I bet they have lots to say about the residual hexane in DHA & AA
in baby formula.



A recent quote from Fallon & Enig of using hexane to make canola oil
extracted from rapeseed at this URL.

Judy Ritchie



http://www.mercola.com/2002/aug/17/con_ola2.htm

Modern oil processing is a different thing entirely. The oil is removed
by a combination of high temperature mechanical pressing and solvent
extraction. Traces of the solvent (usually hexane) remain in the oil,
even after considerable refining







The news that Martek's manufacturing plant in Winchester, Kentucky is
being blamed for the explosion and destruction of a wastewater treatment
plant building seems to be buried in the news releases.  This
destruction caused the release of raw sewage into the waterway.  But we
will all be happy to know that this destruction did "not effect the
company's operations or have a material negative financial impact."
(Washington Post-April 9, 2003)  It seems that the Kentucky State Fire
Marshall believes that it was the "inadvertent discharge" of hexane gas
emissions from the Martek plant that leveled the one wastewater
treatment plant.  Hexane is used to extract the microbial oils.  Rather
eye-opening that living near a plant that produces oils for infant
formula might be a little risky.


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