Health Issues, Studies and Effects
For several decades there has been an ever-increasing awareness about the long and short-term health effects of the products we use routinely in our daily lives.
In response to this awareness, most companies today test their products to determine what, if any, health and safety effects may be associated with them. The ore, which produces White Lightning has been mined, processed and used in a variety of applications for over fifty years without any hint of adverse health effects. Products produced from this ore are used, with government approval, as a filter aid for water purification and for the clarification of foods, wines and other beverages; as an anti-caking agent; and, for use in processing, transporting, and in storage areas for direct contact with meat or poultry food products prepared under federal inspection. These products are also used as a horticultural aggregate in potting soil, as a lightweight material for concrete, as a filter in construction products. This industry has been at the forefront in examining any potential health effects that may be associated with these products. To be sure, all of the products produced from this ore have been tested often, and information has been gathered by a number of scientific and governmental groups. Significantly, no test result or information indicates that any of these products poses any health risk. Indeed, the uniform result of all the studies and information gathering, points forcefully to the conclusion that all of these products are non hazardous.For instance, There have been several health surveillance studies conducted, the first two published by Dr. Clark Cooper (1975 and 1976), the third published by Cooper and Sergeant in 1986, and a fourth and fifth (unpublished) by Tulane University in 1990 and 1994 by Dr. Hans Weill. It is particularly noteworthy that all of the above studies uniformly support the conclusion that no product or bi product produced from this ore poses no significant health risks to workers and consumers.
For example, in his most recent study (1994), Dr. Weill, Director of the Section of Environmental Medicine at Tulane University, concluded that the workers studied were “free of any evidence of a silicosis risk, or indeed, any measurable adverse respiratory effects of the dust exposure.” Another study conducted by him in 1990 found similar results.” 1,2
Earlier in 1986, Doctors W. Clark Cooper and E. Nicholas Sargent studied the chest roentgenograms of 152 workers with more than 5 years experience in this industry, 42 of whom had been working in the industry 15 years, and 19 for more than 20 years. The study showed no indication that any worker was subject to an increased risk of pneumoconiosis from exposure to this product. 3
Other studies gathered by a number of scientific and governmental groups also conclude that this ore poses no significant or known health risk.
Because the finished product is used often as a filter aid for water purification and for the clarification of foods, wines, and other beverages, it has been tested a number of times to determine its effects when ingested. In 1982, the WIL Research Laboratories conducted studies to examine the acute oral toxicity, if any, of agglomerated filter aid in albino rats. The study showed no signs of systemic toxicity, and concluded that the LD.50 was greater than the highest doses level administered to the rats (10 gm/km body weight).
In response to this awareness, most companies today test their products to determine what, if any, health and safety effects may be associated with them. The ore, which produces White Lightning has been mined, processed and used in a variety of applications for over fifty years without any hint of adverse health effects. Products produced from this ore are used, with government approval, as a filter aid for water purification and for the clarification of foods, wines and other beverages; as an anti-caking agent; and, for use in processing, transporting, and in storage areas for direct contact with meat or poultry food products prepared under federal inspection. These products are also used as a horticultural aggregate in potting soil, as a lightweight material for concrete, as a filter in construction products. This industry has been at the forefront in examining any potential health effects that may be associated with these products. To be sure, all of the products produced from this ore have been tested often, and information has been gathered by a number of scientific and governmental groups. Significantly, no test result or information indicates that any of these products poses any health risk. Indeed, the uniform result of all the studies and information gathering, points forcefully to the conclusion that all of these products are non hazardous.For instance, There have been several health surveillance studies conducted, the first two published by Dr. Clark Cooper (1975 and 1976), the third published by Cooper and Sergeant in 1986, and a fourth and fifth (unpublished) by Tulane University in 1990 and 1994 by Dr. Hans Weill. It is particularly noteworthy that all of the above studies uniformly support the conclusion that no product or bi product produced from this ore poses no significant health risks to workers and consumers.
For example, in his most recent study (1994), Dr. Weill, Director of the Section of Environmental Medicine at Tulane University, concluded that the workers studied were “free of any evidence of a silicosis risk, or indeed, any measurable adverse respiratory effects of the dust exposure.” Another study conducted by him in 1990 found similar results.” 1,2
Earlier in 1986, Doctors W. Clark Cooper and E. Nicholas Sargent studied the chest roentgenograms of 152 workers with more than 5 years experience in this industry, 42 of whom had been working in the industry 15 years, and 19 for more than 20 years. The study showed no indication that any worker was subject to an increased risk of pneumoconiosis from exposure to this product. 3
Other studies gathered by a number of scientific and governmental groups also conclude that this ore poses no significant or known health risk.
Because the finished product is used often as a filter aid for water purification and for the clarification of foods, wines, and other beverages, it has been tested a number of times to determine its effects when ingested. In 1982, the WIL Research Laboratories conducted studies to examine the acute oral toxicity, if any, of agglomerated filter aid in albino rats. The study showed no signs of systemic toxicity, and concluded that the LD.50 was greater than the highest doses level administered to the rats (10 gm/km body weight).