"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message
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"George" wrote: Might want to think twice about the beeswax, even if
highly purified. (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I don't think there is too much to worry about. The reference refers to a
fairly rare toxicity of honey to infants less than one year old. Beeswax
in the fibres of a wooden bowl would be injested in microscopic amounts at
most. Further, there is nothing to indicate that the bacteria would be
present in the wax, or survive in the wax if they ever were present.

Though we may not think much of the practice, one of the great advantages of
asexual reproduction is the ability of one spore to produce a legion of
bacteria in a short time. Bacterial spores are remarkably durable and
long-lived. Those exposed in the vacuum and radiation of space reproduce.