Re: Activated charcoal and your lungs..

[Guest guest]

I have the Austin with activated charcoal powder in it and I do smell

the charcoal when it is on, so particles must be getting into air. I

called them about it and they said if I wanted to, next time I

replace cartridge I can get their new filter which has charcoal cloth

rather than charcoal powder to see if that makes a difference. I

know the 'scent' I smell is charcoal because I have charcoal masks

and they have the exact same scent, very slightly sweet. At least

that is what activated charcoal smells to me.

Over long term maybe it could hurt my lungs. I think a more likely

scenerio is swollowing activated charcoal and capsulte comes open or

dissolves before getting out of the stomach. That has happened to me

and I've belched charcoal powder, so if I inhaled shortly after I

would inhale rather alot.

I can see charcoal in the air from alot of sources but activated

charcoal I can only think of that, since I've done it myself and need

to be more careful.

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

>

> I hadn't been aware of this previously, but out of the blue, it came

> up on iequality that inhaling activated charcoal in particulate form

> can cause lung disease.

[Guest guest]

I really was surprised to see that myself, since its in SO many air products.

There must be more to this story.

I just don't know..

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:58 PM, barb1283 <barb1283@...> wrote:

> I have the Austin with activated charcoal powder in it and I do smell

> the charcoal when it is on, so particles must be getting into air. I

> called them about it and they said if I wanted to, next time I

> replace cartridge I can get their new filter which has charcoal cloth

> rather than charcoal powder to see if that makes a difference. I

> know the 'scent' I smell is charcoal because I have charcoal masks

> and they have the exact same scent, very slightly sweet. At least

> that is what activated charcoal smells to me.

> Over long term maybe it could hurt my lungs. I think a more likely

> scenerio is swollowing activated charcoal and capsulte comes open or

> dissolves before getting out of the stomach.

If you look at " related articles " for the above, that sounds close to

what has happened

and has had quite a few medical papers written about it.

People have accidentally inhaled it when it was given to them orally for some

toxicological reason and gotten very sick.

>That has happened to me

> and I've belched charcoal powder, so if I inhaled shortly after I

> would inhale rather alot.

> I can see charcoal in the air from alot of sources but activated

> charcoal I can only think of that, since I've done it myself and need

> to be more careful.

>

Wood burning stoves are a source of ultrafine carbon particles and

that is why some communities

have outlawed burning wood for heat.. It makes some people sick.

Most of the world uses coal or wood for heat and if the exhaust gases

are not vented properly its dangerous.

Obviously that is a health problem humans have lived with for a VERY LONG time.

[Guest guest]

Breathing high amounts of particulate matter of any kind is not good.

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

wrote:

>

> Wood burning stoves are a source of ultrafine carbon particles and

> that is why some communities

> have outlawed burning wood for heat.. It makes some people sick.

>

> Most of the world uses coal or wood for heat and if the exhaust gases

> are not vented properly its dangerous.

>

> Obviously that is a health problem humans have lived with for a VERY

LONG time.

>

[Guest guest]

Very interesting. Keep us up on this if you would. Besides the fungus I am still

trying to find out how at my age I have such a bad case of bronchiactasis. I

have used filters a long time although I cant see this as a cause but maybe

exaserbation??

From: LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

Subject: [] Activated charcoal and your lungs..

" sick buildiings " < >, quackadillian@...,

" Sharon Kramer " <snk1955@...>, " Carl Grimes " <grimes@...>

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 2:50 PM

I hadn't been aware of this previously, but out of the blue, it came

up on iequality that inhaling activated charcoal in particulate form

can cause lung disease.

[Guest guest]

Burning wood, charcoal or coal can cause lung problems, its a big

problem in the Third World.

Do you heat with wood?

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:35 PM, US Vet <unitedstatesvet@...> wrote:

> Very interesting. Keep us up on this if you would. Besides the fungus I am

> still trying to find out how at my age I have such a bad case of

> bronchiactasis. I have used filters a long time although I cant see this as

> a cause but maybe exaserbation??

>

[Guest guest]

Only when I go camping but its been a LONG time for that.

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

       

> Very interesting. Keep us up on this if you would. Besides the fungus I am

> still trying to find out how at my age I have such a bad case of

> bronchiactasis. I have used filters a long time although I cant see this as

> a cause but maybe exaserbation? ?

>