[Herbalist] Help-- toxicity data?

[demetria]

Alkanet is a cosmetic dye for lip sticks etc.. and it is found in foods also
so it should be fine.
I believe bedstraw is really benign. It makes a red dye.
Have you looked at food source dyes, those were very common, beets, onions,
spinach, red cabbage, nettles,inner bark of apple trees yields a nice
yellow,paprika, cranberry juice and pomegranate juice.
Good Luck,
Demetria

-----Original Message-----
From: herbalist-admin at ansteorra.org
[mailto:herbalist-admin at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Jenne Heise
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 12:46 AM
To: herbalist at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Herbalist] Help-- toxicity data?


I'm working on an egg-dyeing project, and am suddenly looking at the
toxicity of period
dyestuffs that might have been used on eggs-- and can can't find this listed
in my books. The
dyestuffs I'm interested in are:
- madder
- bedstraw (lady's or dyer's)
- alkanet (I believe this is also a food colorant, so I _think_ it may be
safe).
- cochineal
- brazilwood
- cochineal

Anybody got any info?
 --
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at mail.browser.net
disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.
"I've been out for a while, But I'll be back in a bit, I am just walking
through the smoke, Finding out if this is it..." Suzanne Vega
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