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Re: nipagin

Hello Julian,

I have never heard that Nipagin (methyl p-hydroxybenzoate) is a mutagen
-- how else could it produce *hereditary* illness?. Isn't it used as a
mold inhibitor also in foods?

I realize, that its effect on fish need not be the same as on flies, but
all that genetic work done on Drosophila should have raised at least
some suspicion.

Could it be a typo, or a mistranslation? Is that statement present also
in the original German edition -- does anybody have it?

Best,

George S


J.P.Haffegee wrote:
> 
>         I've been feeding my killies lots of drosophila larvae for
> years, and i've used nipagin as a mold inhibitor for as long( I work in
> a genetics lab, and have more fruit flies literally coming out of my
> ears!). however, i've just discovered (Helners book, that i've also had
> as long, yet never spotted this sentance) that nipagin causes hereditary
> illness within fish. Does anyone know anything about this? What form
> will hereditary illnesses take. Can anyone be less vague. The only good
> thing is that maybe now i'll find my fish easier to keep, if i'm not
> poisoning them on a regular basis
> 
>                 Thanks
>                                 Julian
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