A new study has found that rodents don’t favor soy-based plastics over petroleum-based counterparts.
Ed Lammers, a farmer leader and oil target area coordinator for the United Soybean Board, says the soy checkoff funded the study to see if rodents preferred the taste of soybean oil.
“There were 12 different types of rubbers and plastics that were exposed to 10 mice for 14 days and there was no significant difference between the soybean oil and the petroleum oil used in these samples,” he says.
