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Awesome find of an article, thanks for posting that!

I make my own activated charcoal, it's pretty easy. Basically

it's wood burned without enough oxygen to make complete combustion.

Cut up a bunch of willow limbs with pruning shears into small chunks

and fill a clean paint can style can (doesn't matter the can type so

long as it's metal, has a tight fitting lid, and isn't going to fill

you with toxic chemicals, no galvanized) that has a hole punched in

the lid with a nail. Build a fire or put the can on the grill. As it

heats up, white smoke will start jetting out of the hole. Watch it to

make sure the heat source flame doesn't get too close to the jet hole

and ignite it. If it does ignite just pull the can aside for a few

moments. You want that wood to heat up and become charcoal, not burn

up and become ash. When the white smoke production serious declines,

pull the can aside and stick a plug of wood in the hole and let it

cool. This may take 15-60 minutes depending on the size of the can

and how full of wood it is. When cool you have chunks of activated

charcoal, pulverize them into powder and you have an extremely useful

substance that ought to be in every med cabinent that doesn't cost

anything.

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