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  • From: "Lucky.PIttman@murraystate.edu" <Lucky.PIttman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] gluten
  • Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:21:20 -0500

Tom,

The 'powers that be' are grasping at straws.
First, they jumped on aminopterin - which was a non-issue at the levels they
found.
And, the same is true for melamine - it's essentially non-toxic at the low
parts-per-million levels that were
detected in some pet food samples.
LD50 for melamine in mice/rats is on the order of 1-2gm/kg body weight.

It's highly likely that no one will ever ascertain WHAT was in these recalled
pet foods that caused the small
numbers of pet deaths. There was a very similar incident several years back
in the far east, and the folks who
investigated that situation were never able to figure out what caused the
illness/deaths in affected cats/dogs.

Lucky







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