Shadowland wrote:
>
> !!!!!!!!!! Did you read that part ?? " Pomace olive oil means
> oil extracted from the pomace using chemical solvents-mostly hexane-
> and by heat. "
>
> HEXANE !! Hexane is an ingrediant in gasoline and is also used in
> industrial solvents.

Dihydrogen monoxide is used to flush toilets,
but nobody seems to mind using it in soup.

> If you smelled pure hexane you'd puke ! If you drank it, you'd die.
>
> Ladies and gents there are restaurants out there using this stuff !!
>
> But someone will say "Well all the hexane is probably exaporated in
> the process."
>
> I don't believe it !! It never ALL gets out. What the useless FDA
> does is say, "Well, there's 20 parts per million hexane left but we
> don't think that will harm people....on average."

Hexane (with the oddball exception of n-hexane)
is about as inert as candle wax in the human body.
The essential difference is molecular weight --
the hexane molecules are shorter, but made of the
same stuff.