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We get our foreign MR subscription copies sealed in a plastic wrapper. (Yes, we do pay extra for this.[:0]) Anyway, there is a slight odor to the magazine, especially right out of the wrapper, but only if I hold really close up. Some other glossy magazines seem to have the same or similar odor. Newspapers do not. I'm no chemist, but to the best of my recollection, years ago the print industry switched from solvent-based inks to soy-based inks, essentially for environmental and cost reasons, with fossil-fuel conservation a side benefit. The easily-smeared print came along at the same time as solvent was discontinued, I believe. So, is this odor a soy-based ink situation, combined with the paper now in use? I can't verify this, as there are no soy based food products in our house, and mainly due to the taste, there's not much chance there ever will be.[xx(] regards; Mike
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