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every time i pour it out and pour tap water through the filter i always find little specks of black things. is it safe to drink or should i return it?
it's perfectly safe. Sometimes they give the same activated charcoal to patients in hospitals to help with some ailments. Not to worry. Little tiny specs of it won't make a difference.
http://www.wapc.org/firstaid/activated_c harcoal.htm#whenchar
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Scientists Uncover New Risk Associated With Thirdhand Smoke - Truthdig
If anyone needs another reason to stop smoking, here it is: Researchers are turning their attention to the effects of “thirdhand smoke,” the layer of icky residue that lingers on clothes and in living spaces after cigarettes and other tobacco delivery devices are snubbed out. Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory now have found a potential health risk associated with thirdhand smoke and a common household pollutant. —KA
San Jose Mercury News:
The scientists, however, are the first to find that nitrous acid, an indoor air pollutant created by gas appliances, vehicle engines and tobacco smoke, reacts with nicotine found on surfaces.
“We want to make people aware that there’s a potential hazard from thirdhand smoke that has not been recognized before,” said Lara Gundel, one of the authors of the study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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