Wowsa, G-girl, I also appreciate your attention to detail! You are an inspiration to all and it is extremely helpful to have these detailed updates. As far as still detoxing bromide, I would venture to guess that it's because of the fact that brominated compounds are everywhere.... I'll use this opportunity as an excuse to post some sources of bromide exposure. These listings were found using the search term "bromide". For toxilogical effects of chemicals search: