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TIL: The DO NOT EAT warnings on silica gel are about choking rather than poison (azpoison.com)
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I always assumed since it was a desiccant it might dry up my insides and kill me, but it seems like that’s not the case.

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[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

in fact, I believe there’s even some that’s food grade

Yes. Mostly used as anti-caking agent.