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 From: P Munn
To: BEE-L
 Subject: Re: mites!
 Date: 04 December 1997 13:52
 
Actually this is a gross exaggeration. Food grade mineral oil
in small quantities does nobody any harm. My chemist tells me
 it's no longer prescribed for irregularity because it was
prone to misuse (people took far too much of it) and because
there are more suitable products available. In small
quantities it is unlikely to do a person any harm.
Penny Munn
Lancashire/ Scotland
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* From: Samuel E. Allen
* To: [log in to unmask]
* Subject: Re: mites!
* Date: 03 December 1997 22:10
*
* Excerpts from BEE-L wrote:
*
* > From:          BRIAN HENSEL <[log in to unmask]>
* > To:            [log in to unmask]
* >
* > ... thank you for bringing up the issue that mineral oil is a
* * > pesticide,
* * > however I think that it's called FGMO (FOOD GRADE MINERAL OIL),
* * > separates it
* * > from being considered a pesticide. I haven't been able to find
* * > any FGAS,(FOOD
* * > GRADE APISTAN STRIPS),anywhere.
* *
* * While I agree from label warnings that Apistan is potentially
* * (almost certainly?)dangerous, I would add that mineral oil is not
* *
* * harmless either.  In fact, "food grade" is a large misnomer.
* * Mineral oil is no longer prescribed as an aid to regularity(or
* * even
* * for acute bowel disorders) because it is largely indigestible
* * and, worse,
* * leaches the oil-soluble vitamins from those who ingest it.
* * I hope this helps-(the list beeing for beekeepers as well as
* * bees, right?)
* * best regards,  -Sam Allen
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