Marine Grade Coral Calcium from Okinawa Japan, is a remarkable mineral supplement that has been often imitated in the market. Some companies have resorted to misleading the public to sell their inferior products. This is what Bob Barefoot talks about in "Coral Wars".
Now we have a study from the leading Japanese university in oceanography, that shows the harvesting of coral grains have NO IMPACT on the living reef.
BodyGenix will continue to use only 100% pure Marine Grade Coral Calcium from Okinawa Japan.

First an area is designated for exploration, then a survey team is dispatched to take samples. The samples are then analyzed for mineral content. If they meet the specification for "Coral Calcium Powder or CCP" ( about 32:4 ratio of calcium to magnesium), they then collect for CCP. Over ninety percent of the Okinawan basin have this grade. When they find the pockets of older and richer minerals, with the specification for "Sango Mineral Powder or SMP" ( about 24:12 calcium to magnesium ), they will narrow the harvest area and concentrate on collecting these precious grains.

In accordance with the Washington Treaty ( a law governing the protection of the living coral reefs), living coral are not harmed in the gathering of these grains. Reports to the contrary are baseless and are made for the most part, by people with a vested interest in confusing the issues.