A few years ago, we receive an email at work to inform us someone has died after drinking from an unlabeled plastic bottle that was filled with toxic chemicals.
this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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Wow. What was it? Why did they drink it?
We attempted to reach out for comment, but they were dead.
I don't remember, I don't think they gave more information. I just know that the chemical should not have been in such bottle and it should not have been placed there. Maybe the victim just thought it was water.
I learned my lesson not to drink from strange bottles long ago. Thankfully it was because me and all my underage friends (hol up this was back when I was underage too! Haha) used to hide our vodka in water bottles, and on more than one occasion someone (once or twice me) would pick one up and take a huge swig mistaking it for water. Thankfully nobody died from that, but it felt like you were going to at the time!
Several years ago at a restaurant in Utah someone mixed a packet of cleaning chemicals instead of lemonade powder because they looked identical. An old lady drank it and died.
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I've actually seen this shit stocked in the juice aisle at a few places.
I have drank such an appetizer and I must say I do not understand what the fuss is all about. It is literally the thing you add to cake - "BAKING soda". You eat the cake and so you eat the baking soda that was added to it to make it BAKE. There is nothing remotely unhealthy about eating things meant for consumption.
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I have a friend who used to clean with this and it smells horrible
Which came first baking soda or soda soda?
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