On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 09:53:42 -0500, Karen Chuplis wrote:

in article , Sunflower at
wrote on 9/4/04 9:29AM:

olitter (PawsForThought) wrote in message
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It sounds like cat acne most likely. Do you feed your cat from a plastic
bowl?
They can harbor bacteria which can cause the feline acne. If you do, you
might want to switch to ceramic or stainless steel. You might also want to


The first time I heard that I really wondered. If you wash it regularly, how
much does it matter if it is more prone to bacterial growth than ceramic?

Plastic can develop tons of tiny scratches, nearly invisible to the eye but
that harbor bacteria. I also suspect that it can just be a reaction to the
plastic. I always remember my mother telling us how my sister coughed and
coughed as a toddler, then one day, she noticed a bazillion little bumps on
her forehead where she had been holding a plastic hoola hoop. This was when
plastics had just begun to take over and everything was plastic, including
the cheap plasitc backed curtains etc. Mom stripped the bedroom of anything
plastic backed and lo and behold, Teresa stopped coughing all the time. I
think plastics are half of everyones allergy problems today.


Many years ago, we bought new furniture for the office and had new green
telephones installed. (there were four of them -- two in each room). I
developed a bad rash on my left ear and the lady at the desk next to mine
did too, but not as severe as mine was. The ladies in the next office
were not bothered. On reporting it to the telephone company, they sent
two men to investigate and they did replace the phones/ All were sent for
analysis. They reported later that the two that caused the rashes were
made in a different plant than the other two. MLB