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Is bamboo charcoal safely edible?
Bamboo charcoal is made up of pieces of bamboo, which are taken from plants five years or older and burned inside an oven at temperatures over 1000°C.
Bamboo charcoal is well known about its high ...
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Do reusable plastic water bottles leach dangerous chemicals? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is refilling water bottles bad for you?
Several articles claim that the 'chemical leaching' from reusable clear plastic water bottles leads to toxins in the water, not ...
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Are synthetically produced chemicals not found in nature more likely to be harmful than naturally occurring ones?
Since everything is made from chemicals the often made claim that we should avoid food that doesn't contain chemicals doesn't make any sense. But the underlying idea that synthetic chemicals are ...
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Can you die by absorbing cyanide through the skin?
A friend of mine was talking about The Iceman, a killer that supposedly used cyanide absorbed through the skin as his murder weapon:
Kuklinski favored the use of cyanide as it was quick kill ...
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Long term effects of sucralose
I can't find any information about long-term negative effects of
Sucralose consumption other than a very high toxicity level claimed by several studies.
There is lots of speculation online about how ...
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Do memory foam mattresses give off toxic fumes?
I recently purchased a memory foam (polyurethane) mattress and was looking online to see how long they take to "air out". They produce a strong odor for awhile after manufacture. However, instead of ...
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Can eating rhubarb kill you?
I've heard that rhubarb leaves are poisonous, and that you can even die from rhubarb poisoning. Is that true?
