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Ingesting potash

If one was to ingest potash on a regular basis, what would the effects be???

Upset stomach. :) 67.113.98.3 (talk) 22:26, 25 April 2008 (UTC):

Probably less then that. Most of the time the same as if you ingested salt.

History

Is it me or does anyone else think that the history of postash in Canada and the US doesn't quite tell us the whole story?

Is there anyone from the rest of the world with the requisite knowledge that might help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.27.50 (talk) 13:56, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Through a few uncertain terms it implies that Patience lake was the first successful Potash mine. It wasn't. For that you'll have to look into K1 Mine, Esterhazy Saskatchewan, which was the first successful shaft sunk through the Blairmore layer in 1962, (~1300' under or so, the shaft bottoms out around 3300'). It also fails to mention Esterhazy K1 and K2 (joint mine) as the largest single mining operation of potash in the world, as well as the largest producer. Neither does it mention The Mosaic Company buying out IMC in recent years, owning Belle Plain (Patience Lake), Colonsey, Esterhazy, as well as Carlsbad.

More Information

It would be nice if it were somehow easy to find out that the potash mined in Saskatchewan is Potassium Chloride in the form of Sylvite precipitated from ... I had to do searches in the web to finally put all of that information together. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Martianalien (talk • contribs) 20:59, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

How's it pronounced? "Pot ash" or "Poe Tash"? This isn't a word that ever comes up in conversation, and it's pronunciation should be included. --71.53.96.215 (talk) 19:16, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

"Pot ash" is the correct pronunciation, at least in the industry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.171.130.160 (talk) 20:36, 21 May 2015 (UTC)