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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 2 points 1 year ago

Anhydrous silica should absorb at most, like, 50% of its weight in water. It is not enough to dehydrate your insides, I bet that even the same amount of salt would be a bigger issue. And for most part it would be like eating sand, not exactly pleasing but not life-threatening either.