Klarinet Archive - Posting 000926.txt from 2001/01

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lanolin -- Life's Little Mystery solved
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 23:40:35 -0500

From: "William Wright" <Bilwright@-----.net>
> Despite being an animal product (extracted from sheep wool, judging
> by the label), I have kept a tub of it at room temperature for at least
> six months now, and there is no hint of degradation --- no change in
> color or odor or viscosity. A pharmacist assures me that he has
> never experienced or heard of lanolin degrading.

It's probably the fact that it's a wax, not an oil or grease that keeps it
from turning rancid.

Mark C.

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