Super Blue Green Algae Debate
Below is some information provided by Mark Thorson about the possible dangers
of eating Super Blue Green Algae (SBGA). There has been some debate about this
topic on the usenet newsgroup misc.health.alternative and Mark has
kindly given permission for the use of his point of view on this web page.
If anyone has further information about this debate (from either side of the
argument) and would like to see their point of view on this page, please send
details to botbml@luff.latrobe.edu.au
Disclaimer
{{Algae Warning Label. In late September 1997, OR health officials
urged, and the state Dept. of Agriculture proposed, that all blue-green
algae products harvest in Upper Klamath Lake for sale as food
supplements by six companies carry a warning label against heavy
consumption due to possible trace amounts of liver toxins called
microcystins. Products proven to have less than one part per million
of the toxin would be exempt from the labeling requirement. Public
comment on the proposal will be received until Oct. 15, 1997.}} [Assoc
Press]
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, ALGAE ???
Copyright Mark Thorson 1995, 1996
AN ANATOXIN-A PRIMER - Also available at Mall-Net
Copyright Mark Thorson 1995, 1996, 1997
THE MICROCYSTINS MEMORANDUM
Copyright Mark Thorson 1997
Stories from the net
A SATISFIED CUSTOMER!
A CONFUSED CUSTOMER!!
A CALL FOR ANALYSIS
VITAMINS FROM CYANOBACTERIA (BLUE-GREEN ALGAE)
SBGA ADDICTION?
For a good picture of the whole story, read Andrew Leonard's Net
Documentary on the Blue Green
Algae from Klamath Lake.
Disclaimer: The information contained within the
files above has not been authored by me. All files
appearing on this page do so with the authors consent. I do not necessarily
support any of the information supplied, nor does this institution.
