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. *********************************************** 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(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html