> > > It would help first to understand if your concern is in the domain of > biology, chemistry or physics.
A:To clarify, I'm mostly concerned about some chemical reaction leading to a problem after my son consumes the food. My concern arises from the fact that my son has a blood condition of unknown origin (they've never been able to figure out why his marrow doesn't produce enough cells of all kinds in the blood). They've previously said they suspect it is a reaction to something in the environment or an autoimmune reaction to infection by a virus at some point before he turned 2. But yes, I want to avoid interactions that may affect him. However, your line of questioning does show me what an impossible quest it will be to control his entire environment. It may even be detrimental. > For example, your concern would be in the > biological spectrum if you are worried about things like some microorganism > in the paper contaminating your food (and starting to proliferate on the > food after the cross contamination). If your concern were chemical, it > would be about the chemical reaction between some compounds in the paper > reacting with some compound in the food (say, oil) and producing some > byproduct you do not want. At the physics level (exchanging electrons, > etc.) > Why do you care if the electrons came from a bat atom or a ball atom? > Electrons are supposed to be interchangeable between elements (or rather, > by adding or removing electrons (and protons and neutrons) you transform an > element from one to another). > A: Haha, yes, I did take into account the fact that electrons are supposed to be interchangeable. But again, back to my previous answer, my concerns were and are about my son. What I get from this response and from the doctors really is that the answers are difficult to isolate in his case. > > Here is my take.... There is a difference between chemicals used as > reagents in the process of paper production versus paper products being > saturated and emanating these compounds. If it was the latter, hasn't food > been packaged in paper products for a long, long time? If that was causing > all kinds of problems wouldn't we have heard of it already? > A: I don't know how to answer that question. Whether we would hear of it or not depends on accountability on so many levels. But yes, lots of time has passed using those products. I've read somewhere that nanoparticles of plastic have been found in human organs. Of course, I don't know what that actually means i.e. can plastic coexist with organic matter without us having to worry, etc. > > Where do you draw the line with this contamination fear? Are you OK with > flour arriving to you in paper bags? How about a loaf of bread packaged in > paper bags?` > A: Yes, this is a problem. I seem to have more fear of certain things than others. I'm strangely reassured when I see flour in cloth bags although those bags could have been in hellish conditions prior to being filled. Thank you for forcing me to describe the problem. > > Thaths > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! > -- *Translator/Owner* *AzulIndica Translations* *North Vancouver BC, Canada*
