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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | [[category: | + | [[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). | ||
Revision as of 18:46, 7 August 2007
Overview
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 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, The Hypertwins 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).