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Title: Condoms and milk protein
Post by: booandbrimom on February 10, 2013, 04:03:58 PM
http://contraception.about.com/od/howtos/a/What-Condoms-Are-Made-Of.htm

Guess what? One more weird place for milk...

(Not that I NEED to be thinking of this yet...I hope...but it pays to be prepared, and FA parents have to be even more prepared than most...)
Title: Re: Condoms and milk protein
Post by: GoingNuts on February 10, 2013, 04:50:12 PM
Holy Cow!  I never knew this, and  I spend a lot of time around condoms (no, I'm not a sex worker ;-) ). 
Title: Re: Condoms and milk protein
Post by: krasota on February 10, 2013, 10:28:13 PM
Casein is a plasticizer.  I'm pretty sure it's changed to the point that it's no longer an allergenic protein when it comes to its use in latex condoms and plastics.  I could be wrong.  The issue with its use in condoms is primarily of concern to vegans, from what I've noticed over the last two decades.