Dee Lusby wrote:

>For how long is the honey unsafe by WHO standards following
>treatment(s)?
>

WHO does not say the honey is unsafe.  To quote Dr. Simoneau "a spring
treatment with formic acid, the concentration rose to close to 300 mg/kg
which is quite far from the maximum daily intake as suggested by WHO".

 From the first wesite listed estimate of acceptable daily intake for
man: 0-3 mg/kg bw. daily.  Generally speaking 70 kg is considered the
number when calculating such things so the average human can safely
consume 210 mg of formic acid daily without ill effects.  This would be
0.7 kg, or over 1.5 lbs of honey, per day.

The page also suggests that 2-4 g of sodium formate daily did not
produce toxic manifestations in human subjects, even if they were
suffering from kidney disease.

Keith

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