[Michaelangelica]

This has been mentioned before but not quite in this context

Avoiding food poisoning on vacation
Dust your food with the contents of activated charcoal capsules to short-circuit intestinal bugs.
. . .
Calling activated charcoal "kind of an old-time remedy," Dr. Gittleman said it is her "favorite remedy when you think you have food poisoning."

SouthCoastToday.com: Avoiding food poisoning on vacation

[freeztar]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

This has been mentioned before but not quite in this context

SouthCoastToday.com: Avoiding food poisoning on vacation

That's interesting M, but it doesn't sound quite right to me. I've of course heard of using activated charcoal for chemical poisonings, but not bacterial ones. Maybe it's the same as wee beasties in condos though.

[Michaelangelica]

Originally Posted by freeztar

That's interesting M, but it doesn't sound quite right to me. I've of course heard of using activated charcoal for chemical poisonings, but not bacterial ones. Maybe it's the same as wee beasties in condos though.

MMMmmmmm
On second thought you may be right.
Although it would be nice to think you are wrong!
( I (we) had a post card from a friend who said she had caught Montezuma's Curse in S. America.
As she was A Good Catholic Girl we were a bit shocked and surprised, but it turned out to be diarrhoea-not what we had imagined )

Do we have a medico or micro-biologist to help out here?

Where is Monomer when you need him (her?)

[freeztar]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

MMMmmmmm
On second thought you may be right.
Although it would be nice to think you are wrong!
( I (we) had a post card from a friend who said she had caught Montezuma's Curse in S. America.
As she was A Good Catholic Girl we were a bit shocked and surprised, but it turned out to be diarrhoea-not what we had imagined )

Do we have a medico or micro-biologist to help out here?

Where is Monomer when you need him (her?)

She's a her.
I'd really like to know for sure as well because I'm travelling to Mexico in 5 months.

[Michaelangelica]

Charcoal, rain sustain trapped pig for 36 days after quake
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-06-23 16:47
BEIJING -- A 330-pound hog survived 36 days in the ruins of its sty, destroyed by last month's Sichuan Province earthquake, by chowing down charcoal and drinking rainwater, local media reported.
. . .
The pig ate charcoal, which although contains no nutrition, is also non-toxic and filling. The charcoal had been stored on the second story of its collapsed shelter.
. . .

The pig's rescue initially met with disbelief. "It is unbelievable that the pig was still alive after 36 days," a local vet said. "No matter how fat a pig is, it cannot live for five days without food and water."

Charcoal, rain sustain trapped pig for 36 days after quake

[Michaelangelica]

Gold Mining

Carbon in Pulp (CIP) is a technique for recovery of gold which has been liberated into a cyanide solution as part of the gold cyanidation process, a gold extraction technique.
Introduced in 1985, Carbon in Pulp is regarded as a simple and cheap process.

Currently, activated carbon acts like a sponge to aurocyanide and other complex ions in solution. Hard carbon particles (much larger than the ore particle sizes) can be mixed with the ore and cyanide solution mixture. The gold cyanide complex is adsorbed onto the carbon until it comes to an equilibrium with the gold in solution. Because the carbon particles are much larger than the ore particles, the coarse carbon can then be separated from the slurry by screening using a wire mesh.

Pharmaceutical
The Eco Carbon powder may be used in helping to clear stomach upsets, particularly poison ingestion.

Food Purification and Colouring

Eco Carbon beads can also be used in the purification and colouring of foods. There are other applications within the chemical industry too numerous to list here.

Eco Carbons Other Applications
Could the chemists please translate this gold thing for me please
Will it make me rich?