Alert: Warning on Dangerous Mineral Supplement

[mars]

Hi All

I know many of us take supplements. Here is the latest warning from the British Food Standards Agency -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11404218

and you can check out the hype here - just take your pick -

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=Mirac ... =firefox-a

Mars

[bearded_two]

Wow, that is pretty amazing. Clorox or Domestos would do the same thing, and it would be much cheaper. Clorox is about $2 per gallon, while this "supplement" is £33 for 100ml ($15.40 per US fluid ounce).

[Goofproof]

I bet it would be good at killing germs, but the idea is to NOT kill the host too. I purified water in Viet Nam with it's kin, Calcium Hypochlorite, it was used in bulk, or glass tubes that made 5 gal at a time, very strong stuff 5 PPM water may not look good but everything in it is dead.... It makes a product like bleach, but even more effective. Jim

[Slartybartfast]

It's a great bactericidal preservative. The company I work for has been using it for years, but only up to around 100 ppm levels in prescription and over-the-counter ophthalmic preparations (eyedrops) under the trade name "Purite." At that level, it's quite safe. However anyone selling the concentrate as a food supplement ought to be locked up for endangering the public.

it's incidents like this that fuel the fires under the FDA to regulate all nutritional supplements. And given the lack of concern (or is it just ignorance?) of the purveyors of such products for the public well-being, I'm not so sure that's a bad idea.