clearing dichromate stain (dichromates and sausage)

[Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>]

Hi folks,
I've been away from the list for several days, a New Year's present  
to myself, but a private note yesterday gave me to believe that I  
should pay attention to what's going on, so I went and checked the  
archives.  There I found that in my absence, my assertion that the  
belief that dichromates have been used as an ingredient in sausage  
has been offered (on this list) in support of the idea that  
dichromates are safe to eat, has been characterized as "wild  
hyperbole" and I've been repeatedly challenged to say WHO on the list  
has ever said such a thing.

 Here's an example, a response to a question about the safety of  
dichromates.  (if you go to this link, you can go from there to the  
post with the original question, in order to put the answer into  
context):

http://www.usask.ca/lists/alt-photo-process/2006/feb06/0157.htm

The relevant text from the above link:

> From: Christina Z. Anderson ^lt;zphoto@montana.net>
> Date: 02/08/06-01:55:14 PM Z
> Message-id: <005d01c62ce9$a73cce60$19f85a99@christinsh8zpi>
> Hellena,
> Back in the day AFTER Nam they used to use dichromates in sausage.  
> So you
> ate them.
Not wild hyperbole, simply a statement of fact.
Katharine Thayer