10-17-2018, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by tbzep
And thanks to over-regulation (que GH), it was banned because the product was "guilty until proven innocent". Due to the high cost of studies to prove it was ok, companies just gave up and quit selling it in the USA.
From Wiki
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved it from the “generally recognized as safe” classification into the “untested” classification.
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Yep--just the fact that it contains mercury ("Heavy metals are dangerous!") was all it took, despite no evidence of it causing harm when used as directed. (The lead paint and asbestos 'hysteriae' are just as pathetic; yes, they can be harmful, but only if ingested or inhaled. If sealed into their applied-to surfaces, they're perfectly safe, but the regulators act as if they're radioactive, being dangerous just by their presence.) Also:
Having lymphedema, I've found mercurochrome (I'm stretching out my last bottle of it) particularly helpful, but when I asked about it at my Wal-Mart's pharmacy last year, just on the off chance that they might have some (maybe available by prescription), they had no idea what mercurochrome even *was*! I felt like Winston Smith in "Nineteen Eighty-Four," where certain facts--which he remembered--had been erased from all magazines and books (Wikipedia is sort of like Oceania's always-changing past issues of "The Times" in that regard... :-) ). |