Re: Lugol's Marine iodine/iodide

[Guest guest]

Your math looks right to me. Keep going, divide 50 mg by 1.479 and you

get about 34 drops. Is it USP? Probably, and good to ingest or it

would kill the fish or coral in the fish tank.

Dorothy

> Lugol's Solution and Coral Dip.

> Ingredients:

> Purified water, iodine, iodide.

> iodine/iodide 2000mg/oz

>

> I did the math, but not sure it's correct:

> 1 fluid ounce = 29.5735296 ml

> 2000mg/29.5735296 ml = 67.6280453 mg/ml

> 20 drops = 1 ml

> 1 drop = 1.47867648mg

>

> The owner of this bottle of Lugol's wants to know

> if it's safe for human consumption, what % strength

> it is, and how many drops would equal 50mg iodine/iodide.

>

> Anybody???

>

> Sam

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Dorothy.

34 drops per 50mg seems...about 1% ???

I'll pass this along.

Sam

>

> Your math looks right to me. Keep going, divide 50 mg by 1.479 and you

> get about 34 drops. Is it USP? Probably, and good to ingest or it

> would kill the fish or coral in the fish tank.

>

> Dorothy

>

> > Lugol's Solution and Coral Dip.

> > Ingredients:

> > Purified water, iodine, iodide.

> > iodine/iodide 2000mg/oz

> >

> > I did the math, but not sure it's correct:

> > 1 fluid ounce = 29.5735296 ml

> > 2000mg/29.5735296 ml = 67.6280453 mg/ml

> > 20 drops = 1 ml

> > 1 drop = 1.47867648mg

> >

> > The owner of this bottle of Lugol's wants to know

> > if it's safe for human consumption, what % strength

> > it is, and how many drops would equal 50mg iodine/iodide.

> >

> > Anybody???

> >

> > Sam

> >

>