Red Devil lye - Revision history

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Overview

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	[[category:discontinued products]][[Red Devil lye]], a retail-packaged form of [[sodium hydroxide]] necessary for soapmaking and some types of candlemaking, was discontinued by the manufacturer ([[Reckitt-Benckiser]]) for reasons that remain unclear. The primary suspicion is that the US government was putting pressure on them to discontinue it because of its use in illegal "meth labs" (~~methodone~~ manufacturing); this would seem part of a [[issuepedia:citizen disempowerment\|broader campaign]] to prevent US citizens from having access to an increasing number of basic chemicals.		[[category:discontinued products]][[Red Devil lye]], a retail-packaged form of [[sodium hydroxide]] necessary for soapmaking and some types of candlemaking, was discontinued by the manufacturer ([[Reckitt-Benckiser]]) for reasons that remain unclear. The primary suspicion is that the US government was putting pressure on them to discontinue it because of its use in illegal "meth labs" (methamphetamine manufacturing); this would seem part of a [[issuepedia:citizen disempowerment\|broader campaign]] to prevent US citizens from having access to an increasing number of basic chemicals.

	Some online retailers continue to provide [[sodium hydroxide]], but often with restrictive requirements.		Some online retailers continue to provide [[sodium hydroxide]], but often with restrictive requirements.

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	As of 2005-08-11, {{thehypertwins}} could (only) find this locally at Kroger on Hillsborough Road -- not South Square Target, K-Mart, Harris Teeter, or the Lakewood Food Lion. It must have been discontinued soon after that (or perhaps it had already been discontinued and that's why nobody else had any).		As of 2005-08-11, {{thehypertwins}} could (only) find this locally at Kroger on Hillsborough Road -- not South Square Target, K-Mart, Harris Teeter, or the Lakewood Food Lion. It must have been discontinued soon after that (or perhaps it had already been discontinued and that's why nobody else had any).

Woozle: "supplies" -> "discontinued products"; "supplies" is more applicable to "sodium hydroxide" page

2007-08-07T18:46:39Z

"supplies" -> "discontinued products"; "supplies" is more applicable to "sodium hydroxide" page

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	[[category:~~supplies~~]][[Red Devil lye]], a retail-packaged form of [[sodium hydroxide]] necessary for soapmaking and some types of candlemaking, was discontinued by the manufacturer ([[Reckitt-Benckiser]]) for reasons that remain unclear. The primary suspicion is that the US government was putting pressure on them to discontinue it because of its use in illegal "meth labs" (methodone manufacturing); this would seem part of a [[issuepedia:citizen disempowerment\|broader campaign]] to prevent US citizens from having access to an increasing number of basic chemicals.		[[category:discontinued products]][[Red Devil lye]], a retail-packaged form of [[sodium hydroxide]] necessary for soapmaking and some types of candlemaking, was discontinued by the manufacturer ([[Reckitt-Benckiser]]) for reasons that remain unclear. The primary suspicion is that the US government was putting pressure on them to discontinue it because of its use in illegal "meth labs" (methodone manufacturing); this would seem part of a [[issuepedia:citizen disempowerment\|broader campaign]] to prevent US citizens from having access to an increasing number of basic chemicals.

	Some online retailers continue to provide [[sodium hydroxide]], but often with restrictive requirements.		Some online retailers continue to provide [[sodium hydroxide]], but often with restrictive requirements.
	==Notes==		==Notes==
	As of 2005-08-11, {{thehypertwins}} could (only) find this locally at Kroger on Hillsborough Road -- not South Square Target, K-Mart, Harris Teeter, or the Lakewood Food Lion. It must have been discontinued soon after that (or perhaps it had already been discontinued and that's why nobody else had any).		As of 2005-08-11, {{thehypertwins}} could (only) find this locally at Kroger on Hillsborough Road -- not South Square Target, K-Mart, Harris Teeter, or the Lakewood Food Lion. It must have been discontinued soon after that (or perhaps it had already been discontinued and that's why nobody else had any).

Woozle: New page: ==Overview== category:suppliesRed Devil lye, a retail-packaged form of sodium hydroxide necessary for soapmaking and some types of candlemaking, was discontinued by the manufac...

2007-08-07T17:58:48Z

New page: ==Overview== category:supplies Red Devil lye, a retail-packaged form of sodium hydroxide necessary for soapmaking and some types of candlemaking, was discontinued by the manufac...

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==Overview==
[[category:supplies]][[Red Devil lye]], a retail-packaged form of [[sodium hydroxide]] necessary for soapmaking and some types of candlemaking, was discontinued by the manufacturer ([[Reckitt-Benckiser]]) for reasons that remain unclear. The primary suspicion is that the US government was putting pressure on them to discontinue it because of its use in illegal "meth labs" (methodone manufacturing); this would seem part of a [[issuepedia:citizen disempowerment|broader campaign]] to prevent US citizens from having access to an increasing number of basic chemicals.

Some online retailers continue to provide [[sodium hydroxide]], but often with restrictive requirements.
==Notes==
As of 2005-08-11, {{thehypertwins}} could (only) find this locally at Kroger on Hillsborough Road -- not South Square Target, K-Mart, Harris Teeter, or the Lakewood Food Lion. It must have been discontinued soon after that (or perhaps it had already been discontinued and that's why nobody else had any).