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On the package of Surround it says 95% kaolin clay I believe and 5% 
other. My friend and I were wondering if the "other" might be Sevin 
or Malathion or DDT or something like that there;)
We were also wondering why it doesn't say that it is accepted by 
organic standards on the bag. I hate to sound suspicious but a lot of 
nasty stuff is hidden in the "inert ingredients" labeling. So I 
really need to ask this question, serioiusly now, what is the other 
5%?, that's a heck of a heep of a lot of "other".
Kevin
BTW, we had about 80% bug damage in 99, used Surround in 2000 and had 
only about 20% damage, almost all apples were edible, even the 20%, 
the others were I think the classification is Grade A, or, as good as 
they get.
Another comment, I don't quite understand why a little note can't be 
placed out by the apples on the shelves in the store that explains 
what the white haze is on the fruit, our local coops do this with 
other things such as the wax on cucumbers. I think most intelligent 
consumers really just want to know what they're eating and be able to 
make their own choices.


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