Indigo Dye - Safety and The Environment

Safety and The Environment

Indigo has a low oral toxicity, with an LD50 of 5000 mg/kg in mammals. In 2009, large spills of blue dyes had been reported downstream of a blue jeans manufacturer in Lesotho.

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