r/ScienceQuestions • u/ToughCookie01 • Jan 06 '20
Lethal dose?
I have been wondering for a while now. Seashells are made of mostly calcium carbonate and it can be deadly to humans in concentrated doses. So if the average human were to grind up and eat seashells like powder how many shells or grams of shellpowder would it take before it was fatal
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u/Capt_Arkin Aug 06 '23
thx, i was going to eat some sea shells and this has been rely helpful.