Since we don't know if it was Hexane or not that was the cause of death in the 6 month old fuzzbutt we can only try to gather info and guard both ourselves and our fuzz kids. Here are some URLs regarding Hexane, not too pretty of a story, in fact damn scary. http://home.att.net/~moskaluk/ Don't know about you but this is now on the top of my list for causing warm fuzzy dreams, NOT. http://www.aktol.com/AKTOLHEXANE.html http://www.pnpi.com/ The aktol web page lists Hexane as not expected to be a problem when ingested, but another source copied and given to my by our toxic expert here at work list it as slightly toxic by ingestion and inhalation. Human systemic effects are listed as: hallucinations, structural change in nerve or sheath, experimental teratogenic and reproductive effects. Mutation data has been reported. It is an eye irritant and can cause motor neuropathy in exposed workers. I'm not one to raise the alarm, but this really makes me pause in thought about pet foods that contain rice bran. If Hexane is used to remove the oil from the bran in order to stop the bran from turning rancid what assurances do we have that no toxic hexane is left. After all the rice bran is used mainly for animal feed and we know that the human standards for food do not apply to animal food. Just something to think. Suzy Cecere [log in to unmask] Systems Engineer Physio-Control Corporation [Posted in FML issue 2323]