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How Silica Gel Took Over the World

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225 points Hooke | 5 comments | 01 Apr 25 19:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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FridayoLeary ◴[01 Apr 25 20:26 UTC] No.43550963[source]▶
Why does it have the words DON'T EAT printed on every single package? you don't usually come across such warnings on other products.
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timerol ◴[01 Apr 25 20:29 UTC] No.43550996[source]▶
Your body likes having water inside of it, and doesn't like having glass shards inside of it
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1. celticninja ◴[01 Apr 25 20:36 UTC] No.43551067[source]▶
Actually they are quite safe to eat.

https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-186193...

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2. marcosdumay ◴[01 Apr 25 21:03 UTC] No.43551310[source]▶
In small quantities. As somebody already pointed, your body likes to keep its water inside it, it also doesn't like when stuff carries large quantities of unmixed digestive fluids from one part of your body to another.

They are probably quite harmful if large pieces get eaten in non-small quantities. Or powder in large quantities that are not previously mixed with a liquid. But I don't know of anybody that tested that.

3. genewitch ◴[02 Apr 25 08:09 UTC] No.43554599[source]▶
You can also ingest up to one cup of gasoline.
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4. celticninja ◴[02 Apr 25 20:56 UTC] No.43561465[source]▶
You can ingest a litre of boiling oil.
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5. genewitch ◴[02 Apr 25 21:07 UTC] No.43561611{3}[source]▶
well, i hoped i implied "without major injury". or so i've heard. I don't particularly like the flavor so i have avoided drinking gasoline thus far.