Tag: Edible charcoal

While activated charcoal is used in medical emergencies for poisoning, normal charcoal, such as barbecue briquettes, is not safe for human consumption. Unlike its medical counterpart, regular charcoal contains harmful additives and lacks the necessary processing to make it safe to eat.

Over 430 accidental deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning happen annually in the US, often linked to the improper use of charcoal briquettes. This grim statistic highlights why learning how to make edible charcoal at home is profoundly unsafe and poses serious, life-threatening risks that are impossible to control in a home environment.