The safety warnings indicate that the materials in Tribal Neon fire dyes are quite toxic. How safe are they to use?
Each fire dye contains an optimized blend of various chemicals. All metal salts should be considered to be potentially toxic, especially if you were to ingest them. As long as you are careful not to do so they could be considered to be relatively safe. The red dye contains an optimized mixture of Lithium and Strontium salts along with organic and inorganic solubilisers and conditioners. Lithium was present in both Coca-Cola and 7-Up until around 1948. There were even beers that proclaimed their use of Lithiated water. Lithium Chloride was even used briefly as a sodium-free substitute for table salt before people experienced unpleasant symptoms as well as cases of toxic effects and even a few deaths. Today Lithium salts are used clinically to control bipolar disorder, and used synergistically with several types of antidepressants. The Lithium content of one pack of red Tribal Neon contains 2-3 times the dose that doctors would prescribe for an adult, so ingesting a small fraction of thi
