From Science Now (online "Science" magazine), 1 April 2003: [Warning: article below discusses animal testing.] "Plastics Ingredient Scrambles Chromosomes" Short quotes from the article: A compound used in many common plastic products, including baby bottles and dental sealants, causes genetic abnormalities in mice... In August 1998, geneticist Patricia Hunt noticed a bizarre change in the eggs of the female mice she was studying. For some inexplicable reason, the chromosomes in 40% of the eggs looked abnormal--a wild jump from the 1% to 2% abnormality her lab typically observes... After a good bit of detective work, Hunt and her colleagues at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, pinned the meiotic abnormalities on a chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) leaching from the damaged plastic. PS I posted this article because I believe some list members will find it of interest. If you prefer that I not post general health items, and instead limit posts to explicit raw-food topics only, let me know by private email. Tom Billings