Posted by bluedog on April 9, 2003, at 13:05:08
In reply to Re: Magnesium Chloride - some questions LARRY?, posted by Larry Hoover on April 9, 2003, at 12:43:30
> >Now the link says that technical grade Magnesium chloride is absolutely fine. After a few phone calls to a few Pharmaceutical companies I discovered that to make sure it's really safe to consume you should purchase BP grade chemicals which apparently means pharmaceutacial grade. I then called up some chemical companies and yes they did sell BP grade Magnesium Chloride but the minimum purchase I could make was a 25kg bag but it only costs $8.00 Australian dollars per kilo. Now this is seriously cheap for a food supplement but I really don't know what I'd do with 25kg of the stuff. Then I struck pay dirt and one company was kind enough to actually give me the telephone number of a smaller chemical lab who they supplied and this smaller lab on sold it in consumer quantities. It's a little more expensive but I now have in my possession one 500g tub of BP grade Magnesium Chloride flakes for $14.00 Australian dollars. This is still pretty cheap.
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> Technical grade has higher levels of impurities. You don't want to take the risk of unknown contaminants, IMHO.
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Thanks LarryI actually thanked Jodeye before your response appeared on the radar.
So have I done the right thing in going for BP grade Mag Chlor? Apparently the BP stands for British Pharmaceutical....is this correct?
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bluedog
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