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For those not on Big T's emailling list - they mixed up some thymol and oxalic crystals :
Yes I’ve been watching the conflagration on Facebook. Bloomin stupid! As if you couldn’t tell!
Some poor girl has vaped her bees with it already. No redress either as you’re not allowed to vape with oxalic either.
What do you vape with then? Surely Api bioxal is Oxalic by another name? Not being argumentative i'm new to this hobby and trying to get my head around what is what and what is best.
Has this "girl" been in touch with us? If not, please ask her to.
Gill @ thornes
What do you vape with then? Surely Api bioxal is Oxalic by another name? Not being argumentative i'm new to this hobby and trying to get my head around what is what and what is best.
You are not allowed to vape with generic oxalic and thorne do not sell it for that purpose either.
You are not allowed to vape with generic oxalic and thorne do not sell it for that purpose either.
What do you vape with then? Surely Api bioxal is Oxalic by another name? Not being argumentative i'm new to this hobby and trying to get my head around what is what and what is best.
Thanks very much for your detailed reply. I now understand whats going on, I was confused as I read the ingredients of Api Bioxal. However a rule is a rule! To quote the great Douglas Bader "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men." The only problem is Im neither brave or clever enough to know when to be guided so I just follow the rules Lol.[Generic] Oxalic acid crystals have been used (but not licensed by the Vetinary Medicines Directorate of DEFRA), for trickling or vaping for many years at home and abroad. Oxalic acid occurs widely in nature (e.g. spinach and rhubarb leaves, and combined with calcium = kidney stones). The crystals are also used for cleaning boats and garden furniture and thus widely available.
A year or so ago a company combined the generic crystals with a sugar = Apibioxal and this was approved by the VMD.
I feel somewhat aggrieved that a cheap and useful treatment, generic oxalic acid crystals, have suddenly become illegal - see readers' letters October BBKA News.
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