Isn't sulfur rather strong and BAD smelling? Not something you'd want in soap?
Important! Ivory Bar Soap and Sulfur: a Chemical Mystery to Solve
- Thread starter Bartholomew Diogenes
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Can I make a guess? 
The obvious source of sulphurous compounds is volcanos (either water from volcanic springs or from the gases the volcano gives off directly) . These compounds are uptaken by plants which inevitably affects their flavours and fragrances.
It's quite a big problem in Iceland and other places with volcanos. There is more to volcanic fallout than just ash, and crops infected with the sulphurous compounds can be poisonous to wildlife.
eg, if cows eat contaminated grass, their bodies will be richer in sulphur too. Cows are rendered for tallow, which is used to make some soaps.
Memorial day was in May, a couple of weeks after the Eyjafjallajökull incident in April. Could it be that one of the ingredients in the soap is sourced from Iceland?
The obvious source of sulphurous compounds is volcanos (either water from volcanic springs or from the gases the volcano gives off directly) . These compounds are uptaken by plants which inevitably affects their flavours and fragrances.
It's quite a big problem in Iceland and other places with volcanos. There is more to volcanic fallout than just ash, and crops infected with the sulphurous compounds can be poisonous to wildlife.
eg, if cows eat contaminated grass, their bodies will be richer in sulphur too. Cows are rendered for tallow, which is used to make some soaps.
Memorial day was in May, a couple of weeks after the Eyjafjallajökull incident in April. Could it be that one of the ingredients in the soap is sourced from Iceland?
Can I make a guess?
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Memorial day was in May, a couple of weeks after the Eyjafjallajökull incident in April. Could it be that one of the ingredients in the soap is sourced from Iceland?
You've been talking to that Tyler Durden again, admit it.
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