> > Chet Bacon wrote: > > > That would be about the last time I went to the UK. It was not safe to > > fish&chips in our newspaper cause of the lead and ink found in our > > still don't think I'd trust our newsprint either for news or to eat > > Thanks for the update, and I still don't buy newspapers. > Some papers use soy based inks - some use fish oil based inks - and some > use petroleum based inks. All inks, however, conatins stuff that will do > *some* harm to the mammalian genotype.... not lead though. But, inks and > their solvents require EPA labeling (in the print shop) and are not > someting that I'd casre to ingest. OTOH - the dosage of bad stuff you > would get from eating the fisd and chips AND the newspaper it's wrapped > in is so low as to do no harm beyond getting gummint regulators and food > kops excited. > > ENJOY!!! > -------- > UNCLE DIRTY DAVE'S KITCHEN -- > Home of Yaaaaa Hooooo Aaahhh!!! HOT SAUCE and Hardin Cider Hi all Before you all think the worst of us. Although newspaper is used for the outer wrapping of Fish & Chips. The mills here still supply plenty of clean newsprint paper for the layer next to the goodies. That is until the Greens in our new government manage to close the mill down:-) Tony Flynn Going off-line for a day or so to build me a new machine.