Elke Blodgett on thu 21 dec 00
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:36:49 EST
From: ACTSNYC@cs.com
Subject: Re: lithium carbonate (fwd)
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> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:12:22 -0800
> From: Hank Knaepple
> Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: lithium carbonate
>
> I have read several postings concerning the possible
> toxicity of lithium carbonate being released from
> glazes.
> I have taken lithium carbonate as a treatment for
> bi-polar disorder for a number of years, in quantities
> that would far exceed any anmounts that may leach out
> of a glaze with only one side effect, you get happy!
> I was taking about 900 milligrams a day and could
> barely get a blood level. <
According to the Physicians Desk Reference, many people can maintain their
blood level with around 300 mg/day. And there are even warnings that this
dose can be very toxic to some people.
> Until 1974 lithium carbonate was an ingredient in the
> soft drink seven up. The 7-up folks dropped the
> ingredient due to its negative association with
> "mental illness". <
You defend giving lithium to people unknowingly in their 7-up? That's really
public-spirited of you.
And up to the middle 1980s they added cobalt to beer to stabilize the
foam--until it was proved to cause serious heart damage and the lawsuits
started to fly. Food companies did a lot of dumb things years ago. Lithium
in 7-up apparently is another.
Monona Rossol
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