Lots of things can be carcinogenic, especially in California maybe in the UK too? It can also depend on dosage, length of exposure etc. Other than some inverts (some kinds of shrimp I think) I haven't read of it "harming stock" if dosed correctly. I've only used it to combat some forms of algae in the shorter term in 1 tank, no animals seemed harmed...not even pond & MTS snails.
There are many, many drugs, fish treatments, disinfectants that I certainly wouldn't ingest or apply topically indiscriminately long term but I've know many (mostly plant clubbers) that use glut regularly without any ill effects I've ever heard of. I've occasionally used "toxic" dyes to treat ich...My animals were saved by not dying of ich (short term cure vs carcinogenic risk long term?)...Tell me more please!
You know there's an old saying about dropping a "toxic" amount a given substance (sugar, salt & many, many others) on a rats head will kill them faster than overdosing them for a loonngg time. Be careful of all encompassing alarmist statements like "cancer causing"; it's relative in many ways...
My husband is a medicinal chemist & we take our drug science very seriously here ...be careful of scientifically unsupported statements...Do you have good factual supporting studies? I'll take them with a grain of salt until I read them, lol...
There are many, many drugs, fish treatments, disinfectants that I certainly wouldn't ingest or apply topically indiscriminately long term but I've know many (mostly plant clubbers) that use glut regularly without any ill effects I've ever heard of. I've occasionally used "toxic" dyes to treat ich...My animals were saved by not dying of ich (short term cure vs carcinogenic risk long term?)...Tell me more please!
You know there's an old saying about dropping a "toxic" amount a given substance (sugar, salt & many, many others) on a rats head will kill them faster than overdosing them for a loonngg time. Be careful of all encompassing alarmist statements like "cancer causing"; it's relative in many ways...
My husband is a medicinal chemist & we take our drug science very seriously here ...be careful of scientifically unsupported statements...Do you have good factual supporting studies? I'll take them with a grain of salt until I read them, lol...