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From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.chem
Subject: Lanolin, What's It Good For ???
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Date: 30 Dec 89 06:09:00 GMT
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How is lanolin extracted from wool, with solvents?  What's it good for?
Isn't it supposed to be good for hands or hair or something?  Is it toxic
in any way (disregarding the obvious prion hazard :-)?
 
My question is raised by an ad for squeeze tubes filled with pure anhydrous
lanolin in NASA TECH BRIEFS.  A two-ounce tube costs $4.25.  The ad only
mentions uses as a lubricant or mold release agent.
 
The source is:
 
Flexbar Machine Corp.
Central Islip, NY