That's odd. I read the same article and it said that PCB's, as made
by Monsanto, were not found. There were trace amounts of HOC's
(halogenated organic compounds) but not PCB's or DDT. The original
work on naturally occurring HOC's was actually published in February,
this is confirming follow up based on the Charles W. Morgan oil.

It is not known yet if the chemical found are toxic.


Gilligan wrote:
From the latest issue of Science News:

Scientist have tested 70 year old whale oil from the Charles W. Morgan of
Mystic, CT.

They found PCB's and similar chemicals.

What is striking is that they concluded these chemicals are naturally
occuring since man did not yet begin producing them 70 years ago.

Once again, man is not the culprit!

"Jeff" wrote in message
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That's odd. I read the same article and it said that PCB's, as made by
Monsanto, were not found. There were trace amounts of HOC's (halogenated
organic compounds) but not PCB's or DDT. The original work on naturally
occurring HOC's was actually published in February, this is confirming
follow up based on the Charles W. Morgan oil.

It is not known yet if the chemical found are toxic.


Gilligan wrote:
From the latest issue of Science News:

Scientist have tested 70 year old whale oil from the Charles W. Morgan of
Mystic, CT.

They found PCB's and similar chemicals.

What is striking is that they concluded these chemicals are naturally
occuring since man did not yet begin producing them 70 years ago.

Once again, man is not the culprit!


Thanks for the correction. Do you get Science News?

Gilligan wrote:

Thanks for the correction. Do you get Science News?
Yes, but I often don't find the time to read it, so we're thinking of
dropping it.