If it's truly a concern, just ask. However, keep in mind, pet shops and vetinary offices have been using newspaper for years as bedding - even before better methods of production were discovered. Here are two studies that go as far as to state that animals feeding on newspaper isn't unsafe.

http://www.flintink.com/flintinkweb.nsf/GetWeb-GeneralLib/Myths About Using Newspaper Bedding for Livestock?opendocument&subcat=GenLib

and

http://www.cleantechindia.com/eicimage/210602_32/pulp.html

Note the statement "Mechanical pulp can be used without bleaching to make printing papers for applications in which low brightness is acceptable-primarily, newsprint." And " Industry developments demonstrate that total chlorine-free bleaching is feasible for many pulp and paper products but cannot produce certain grades of paper." Obviously, newsprint does not have to be as high quality as a magazine.

I could go on, but you should get the picture.
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Jay A. Martin
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• Substrate Question - heartmountain, Mon May 16 23:34:27 2005
• Newspaper or aspen. np - jmartin104, Tue May 17 05:20:47 2005
• RE: Substrate Question - eunectes4, Tue May 17 06:09:40 2005
• RE: Substrate Question - RuHigh, Tue May 17 06:42:14 2005
• RE: Substrate Question - mingdurga, Tue May 17 08:39:00 2005
• Not entirely true. - jmartin104, Tue May 17 17:25:19 2005
• RE: Not entirely true. - RuHigh, Tue May 17 19:49:21 2005
• RE: Not entirely true. - jmartin104, Tue May 17 20:24:27 2005