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Njl
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:06 pm
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On Apr 24, 11:27�am, Brian R <BrianR7...@gmail.com> wrote:
Quote:
Well the first ingredient listed is propylene glycol - which is
anitfreeze !!!!

Not quite.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylene_glycol

Propylene glycol is used:

� � * As a moisturizer in medicines, cosmetics, food, toothpaste,
mouth wash, and tobacco products
� � * As a medical and sexual lubricant (A.K.A. "personal lubricant")
� � * As an emulsification agent in angostura and orange bitters
� � * As a solvent for food colors and flavorings
� � * As a humectant food additive, labeled as E number E1520
� � * As a carrier in fragrance oils
� � * As a less-toxic antifreeze
� � * As a solvent used in mixing photographic chemicals, such as film
developers
� � * In smoke machines to make artificial smoke for use in
firefighters' training and theatrical productions
� � * In electronic cigarettes to make the produced vapor better
resemble cigarette smoke
� � * In hand sanitizers, antibacterial lotions, and saline solutions
� � * In cryonics
� � * As a working fluid in hydraulic presses
� � * To regulate humidity in a cigar humidor
� � * As the killing and preserving agent in pitfall traps, usually
used to capture ground beetles
� � * To treat livestock ketosis
� � * As the main ingredient in deodorant sticks.

How in the world does a product like this get to be sold in the USA,
or any where in the world? Unless one spends much time researching the
product, one is unable to find out what the active ingrediant is, and
then nowhere does it state what strength of H2O2 is in the product.
Then to find that the largest percent product is glycol propylene is
very disturbing. As a dentist retired form general practice and now in
a teaching position, things like this and the demand for "toilet bowel
teeth", as referred to above in an earlier reply (I called them
chiclet white) it makes me sick that so many of the dental profession
are allowing this all to occur.
Njl
 
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