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> On February 26, elihme <elihme@...> wrote:
> > For years we have heard rumors about chlorella being contaminated.
> > Here are some facts, at last: Laboratory tests on chlorella from 17 different sources.
> > http://www.naturalnews.com/039145_chlorella_heavy_metals_lab_tests.html
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> Thanks for that, but I have serious doubts about that page.
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> First, the "winner" of the "study" happens to be the product that
> this is being sold on this site -- a clear conflict of interest.
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> Also, the detection limit for mercury is too high at 0.05ppm.
> Of course they detected no mercury -- they weren't testing
> it closely enough.
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> Take a look at the prime chlorella website:
>   http://www.primechlorella.com/faqs.php
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> According to THEIR testing, most chorella's on the market
> test positive for mercury when the detection limit is 0.01ppm.
> And theirs test clean 0.001ppm.
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> Marc
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