the cureent issue of the has a short hatchet job on the state of the movement to ban phthalates in chewable toys & food products. sorry I don't have the date of the issue, it would be the last week of july or possibly into the 1st week of Aug.. p.65 of the USA edition. Tony Tweedale Causality is a concept not subject to empirical demonstration. -David Hume (1711-'76)