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Originally Posted by christyf5
I looked into the whole copper thing a few years ago and was told that malachite green didnt' have copper in it. However it is a carcinogen, teratogen, mutagen and a bunch of other gens. In other words its nasty stuff. Don't get it on your skin. Wear gloves etc etc.
Christy  |
The confusion about copper in MG is because the mineral Malachite IS copper carbonate. MG, however, isn't derived from Malachite, but rather named for the similarity of colour. There's no CU in MG.
Matthew