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From: norm@ariel.UUCP (N.ANDREWS)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Formaldehyde in beer
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Date: Thu, 10-Nov-83 12:08:36 EST
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I am not aware of any use of Formaldehyde for preserving beer, but I have 
heard that one of the by-products of metabolizing alcohol is aldehydes.
Formaldehyde and other aldehydes are supposed to be powerful cross-linking
agents, and don't do you any good.  I think that smoking also causes (among
other things) aldehyde damage to the lungs.

Some theories of aging implicate cross-linking agents as one of the causes
of accumulated damage known as aging...

Any experts on aging/aldehydes/cross-linking on the net?  I'm sure we have
a lot of experts on beer...

Norm Andrews ariel!norm