Carrageenan carrageenan were estimated at $640 million. The largest producer of industrial carrageenan was the Philippines, where cultivated seaweed produces about 80% of the world supply, while China is the main exporter to global markets in the US and Europe. The most commonly used sources are "E. cottonii" ("Kappaphycus alvarezii", "K. striatum") and "E. spinosum" ("Eucheuma denticulatum"), which together provide about three-quarters of the world production. These grow from the sea surface to a depth of about 2 metres. The seaweed is normally grown on nylon lines strung between bamboo floats, and it is harvested after three months or so, when
Purple Death from Outer Space Purple Death from Outer Space Purple Death from Outer Space is a 1966 American feature length compilation of the first half of the 1940 serial "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe". A second feature with footage from the final half of the serial was used to complete another 1966 feature film "Perils from the Planet Mongo". Both were made available directly as made-for-TV movies. When the Earth is attack by a mysterious substance causing death and leaving the victim purple, Dr Zarkov, Flash Gordon, and Dale Arden discover the deaths are caused by one of Ming's spaceships from the planet Mongo.