Re: Epsom Salt for bathing

October 17, 2009

Hi Sandy,

We bought a sack of Epsom Salt (25 Kg) from a website called Just a

soap for £36.77 (including VAT and delivery charges). Not sure about

the US. It is manufactured by a company called Blythe and has

the BP grading. It stands for British Pharmacopoeia and means that the

epsom salt is produced to the pharmaceutically accepted grade for

internal use as laid out by the British Pharmacopoeia. I think the US

uses the FCC grading.

Cheers,

Adam

http://www.imaan.biz

2009/10/17 sandydiego06 <sandyjramirez@...>

>

> What Epsom Salt do you all use for bathing your children and how much do you

use each time. I've heard some people say the brand doesn't matter, but I've

also heard some brands of epsom salt have toxins in them that could do more harm

than good. Is there a safe brand and if so where is the safest place to purchase

it. I've heard buying the salt in bulk saves quite a bit of money.

> Thanks for your help!

> Sandy

>

October 17, 2009

I use whichever i can find at Walmart. That's true, the bigger the bag the

cheaper it can be.

I can't really live without it, my 2 year old is more easygoing with the baths.

I use 1 cup or 3/4 cups in the baththub every other day. Some people dissolve

the salts in a little bit of water and mix it with their favorite body lotion

but in my case the baths have proven to be better, maybe it's the warm water

that relaxes my son.

From: sandydiego06 <sandyjramirez@...>

Subject: Epsom Salt for bathing

Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 10:18 AM

What Epsom Salt do you all use for bathing your children and how much do you use

each time. I've heard some people say the brand doesn't matter, but I've also

heard some brands of epsom salt have toxins in them that could do more harm than

good. Is there a safe brand and if so where is the safest place to purchase it.

I've heard buying the salt in bulk saves quite a bit of money.

Thanks for your help!

Sandy

October 18, 2009

I use about 1 cup of salts in the bath for both of my kids (meaning they both

get in the same bath). The issue with brand comes down to an issue of possible

contamination- epsom salts are widely used in agricultural and industrial

purposes, and the low-quality used for this can be contaminated with mercury and

other toxins. I personally don't trust " generic " or cheap brands to not just be

packaging the cheap, contaminated stuff into bags for the drug store.

Brands is the only brand that I know of that is actually tested for quality in a

lab so it's the only brand I use. It's a judgment call how you want to handle

this, but NEVER use epsom salt that was bought in bulk at a feed and farm supply

store. Feed stores sell huge bags of epsom salt, baking soda, and some other

things like that, and sometimes people post that they got this GREAT deal- but

it is NOT the right grade for human use!

-Sierra

>

> What Epsom Salt do you all use for bathing your children and how much do you

use each time. I've heard some people say the brand doesn't matter, but I've

also heard some brands of epsom salt have toxins in them that could do more harm

than good. Is there a safe brand and if so where is the safest place to purchase

it. I've heard buying the salt in bulk saves quite a bit of money.

> Thanks for your help!

> Sandy

>

October 18, 2009

Thanks Sierra. this is great to know. I thought I had heard somthing about

mercury being found in some salts. Where do you get brands?

Thanks for your help!

Sandy

From: purpledragonmama05 <sierra.ansley@...>

Subject: Re: Epsom Salt for bathing

Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 2:37 PM