It's everwhere

From: Don Martinson llmen at wi.rr.com> on 2001.10.09 at 03:23:49(7572) An interesting article in this morning's newspaper caught my eye: http://home.wi.rr.com/llmen/candy.jpg Obviously, our friend, A. konjac is a plant of many uses. Is anyone familiar with this product? I'm curious why it is considered as a choking hazard as opposed to any other small candy, such as jelly beans. -- Don Martinson +More Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com

From: "Michael Pascall" mickpascall at hotmail.com> on 2001.10.09 at 16:13:01(7583) Have tried these fruit jellies , got a few flavours ; Soursop , Mango , there must be more . They come in bags , containing many small cups . They are quite a mouthfull , and can be very firm . So I could imagine a small child choking on one . Michael Pascall,Curator, WHYANBEEL ARBORETUM,F.N.Q,AUSTRALIA +More _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2001.10.09 at 16:21:56(7587) Dear Don, I read (and I THINK I`m getting this right!) that it 'gels' when it gets stuck in the throat, and this 'gelling' makes it difficult/impossible to dislodge when rescue workers try the 'manouver', it stays put! Hope that this helps. Julius +More >>An interesting article in this morning's newspaper caught my eye: http://home.wi.rr.com/llmen/candy.jpg Obviously, our friend, A. konjac is a plant of many uses. Is anyone familiar with this product? I'm curious why it is considered as a choking hazard as opposed to any other small candy, such as jelly beans. -- Don Martinson Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com<<

From: "Scott Hyndman" hyndman at aroid.org> on 2001.10.09 at 16:24:08(7588) Don, You might find the answer to some of your questions about the konjac candy at http://www.konnyaku.com/e_data/index.html. Regards, Scott +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 11:23 PM Subject: It's everwhere > An interesting article in this morning's newspaper caught my eye: > > http://home.wi.rr.com/llmen/candy.jpg > > Obviously, our friend, A. konjac is a plant of many uses. > > Is anyone familiar with this product? I'm curious why it is > considered as a choking hazard as opposed to any other small candy, > such as jelly beans. > -- > Don Martinson > Milwaukee, Wisconsin > Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com > >

From: "Plantsman" plantsman at prodigy.net> on 2001.10.10 at 05:34:28(7595) Here's some other interesting links about uses of A. konjac: http://www.health1.com/PROINFO/pkon.html http://www.konjac.com/ +More http://www.chinameili.com/product.htm http://www.health1.com/libra/RKOONJAC.html David Sizemore plantsman@prodigy.net ************************************ : >>An interesting article in this morning's newspaper caught my eye: : : http://home.wi.rr.com/llmen/candy.jpg : : Obviously, our friend, A. konjac is a plant of many uses. : : Is anyone familiar with this product? I'm curious why it is : considered as a choking hazard as opposed to any other small candy, : such as jelly beans. : -- : Don Martinson : Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com<< : : : : :

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