Hi Sandra, Hi Demi

I was sceptical about Algin initially but it really does seem to help.

I'm planning on chelating with LA too, but not til October, ie two months away. I needed something to help me with my mercury symptoms now though so that's why I decided to give the Algin a try.

I can't judge Algin in comparison to the other brands like Solaray cause I've never used them. What I do know is that Algin complies to the Californian Standards that Russ and Laura have referred to a number of times, i.e they have an extremely low initial mercury content. I understand that not all algae products on the market do this.

I know what you mean about availability - it's hard to get your hands on if you live outside of the US. I'm living in New Zealand at the moment and there is no Algin or ANYTHING comparable available here. The OnlyTheBestHerbs.com website doesn't allow one to order from outside North America so I just called Laura one night and placed a trial order by phone.

It took six days for the package to get down here.

There is the possibility of me being in the US occasionally in future or friends visiting the US, so I would use those opportunities to stock up on the stuff. Definitely preferable to international post. There is also always the slight uncertainty of customs too. New Zealand is fine for that kind of thing but I'm moving to the EU (Germany) with work shortly and I know from experience that customs officials over there can react to vitamins and supplements as if they were high grade narcotics and confiscate them. I'm not kidding, its really bizarre.

Friends will have to smuggle in algae when they come visiting ....he he he