Hartman, The jury is out on infant botulism. Honey has been implicated in cases of IB for childern under 1 year. But so have fresh fruits and vegetables. You should not feed an infant that young anything that has not been properly pasturized. I was told the reason is that an infant under 1 year has not yet developed the "flora" in their gut to handle most of the stuff we take in daily. The FDA has not put a caution or warning lable on honey and they know all about IB. It only affects a few children, not all. But to be on the safe side don't feed honey to a child under 1 year. As far as the ringworm comment, that is news to me. It looks like he is throwing out a hypothisis to see what happens. Bill Truesdell Bath, ME Hartman B. Canon wrote: In the > 1997.09.13 issue of SCIENCE NEWS which I have just received, the first 'LETTER' > follows verbatim: > HEALTH RISK FROM HONEY? > In regard to the letter about heathful honey (SN: 7/12/97, p.19), cases of > infant botulism caused by ingestion of 'Clostridium botulinum' present in raw > honeywere reported in the MORBIDITY and MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT several years > ago. I have for years suspected that raw honey may also be responsible for cases > of visceral larval migrans (canine and feline roundworm in tissues other than > the skin) in children for whom no other mode of infection has been determined. > Ted M. Reynolds > Notasulga, ALA > <<<UNQUOTE > > An editor's note followed the above: > >>>QUOTE: > Microbial contamination can indeed be a problem (the fungus that produces > aflatoxin is a known culprit). Garon Smith was referring to trace metal > contamination when he said that eating honey was safe. > -C. Wu > <<<UNQUOTE > > Well people, all my life I have been led to think that honey was just the BEST, Have we all been blind > to or ignoring possible dangers?