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Fat Substitute Olestra Eyed as Hazardous-Waste Cleaner Potato Chip Sales Fall Short
[usatoday]

The controversial fat substitute that consumer-products giant Procter & Gamble once hoped would change the way people eat might, instead, change the way industrial pollutants are cleaned up.

P&G has asked that a precursor of its olestra fat substitute be placed on the Environmental Protection Agency's list of industrial chemicals. The new chemical, made by rearranging fatty acids, might be used to soak up toxins at Superfund sites, heavily polluted areas designated by the EPA

- linda 5-31-2001 7:09 pm [link] [1 comment]

favorite food of lately (and of about 10 years ago)--some swiss cheese on a soft fresh roll (high variation) with mustard (spicy best) lots of mayo and iceberg lettuce--looking for the perfect one!!
- Skinny 5-31-2001 2:01 pm [link] [add a comment]