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Wow - every single bit of this thread was well worth the read. Thanks to @MJL from a fellow “dummy” for eliciting all the good info, to those who shared their experiences and to @OldPerry for sharing the studies and the examples of the critical thinking we should have about them.

I just pulled the trigger on some of the LotionCrafter product and was curious if @Doreen or any others could elaborate on the incompatibility with cationics mentioned in the LotionCrafter description. Like, what bad will happen if say, this was used in a product with BTMS or PQuat-10 (not that I’m thinking of pressing my luck, at the price of this stuff), and how much, if any, can it tolerate before the horrible, Earth-ending bad thing happens?

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So frequently I have turned to this website for reliable and useful information that I’ve come to recognize the screen names of many of the helpful experts here, who often send me off with more things to research to find my answer, but because of them, I DO find it. I’m glad to see none of those screen names I usually recognize, in this thread.

If someone asks a question about or proposes a practical application of DMSO, information on its regulation is helpful, but ancillary. I’d expect replies with scientific instruction on how best to formulate with it, including safety concerns and risks, as well as critical scientific analysis of the proposal. I’m not an expert or advocate on or for DMSO, but I know BS when I smell it, and that I have, in much of what I’ve read, all over the place, for and against it. It’s controversial, I get THAT, and it’s fine to address that. But it’s not Anthrax, it’s not illegal, and not all of us are here to formulate something that’s intended for a shelf in a store. In this case, the OP didn’t even bring it up - DMSO was merely offered as an option for the answer requested. The inrush or finger wagging, clucking and moralizing wasn’t scientific, wasn’t helpful, and though it was meant to discourage, I can only see how it would make a scientific mind hunger for more.