Sodium metaborate - availability UK?

Lindyhop said:

Bought mine from here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sodium-me...-min-2Kg-/261583108499?_trksid=p2054897.l5659

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Thanks for this link - whilst I can neither confirm nor deny that I have purchased a seemingly illegal chemical, I may now be in a position to mix up some more film developer...

Sim2 said:

whilst I can neither confirm nor deny that I have purchased a seemingly illegal chemical

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Come the 'Night of the long knives', you will have hazmat labels nailed to your front door - I'm also hiding behind closed curtains waiting for the eco-warriors to turn up, but I have a spud gun ready and waiting :

APUGuser19 said:

Now I wonder what harm Kodalk could be used for... Governmental banning on this chemical is something I can't figure.

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It is not "banned" due to potentially nefarious uses. It has been reclassified as a reprotoxin (along with other borates) by the E.U. and the public is no longer able to purchase it. Industrial & commercial users can still use these chemicals as the requirements on effluent treatment is much higher than on a domestic user.

It is not the digital revolution that will kill off film photography, but by Eurocrats restricting and banning key chemicals from sale.