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    Mashvie
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      ๐Ÿ˜ฎ I just read a post which General Lighting wrote in the “where did yo ucome up with your name” thread. Actually it centered around eating office supplies ๐Ÿ˜€
      On a serious note though, about the corn chip thingies that they use to protect fragile items with, please be careful! Yes they are actually made of corn, sometimes rice and other grain but they also put arsenic in them just in case rats and mice get in ๐Ÿ˜ฎ …. i used to it them ๐Ÿ˜ฎ a lot too, but then i talked to a delivery guy who worked for a packing company and he told me this. Please try to refrain from eating them ๐Ÿ˜€

      And a qustion, does anyone know any other hidden dangerous office supply tricks? those companies are all hiding things from us i tell you!

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      General Lighting
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        Mashvie wrote:
        On a serious note though, about the corn chip thingies that they use to protect fragile items with, please be careful! Yes they are actually made of corn, sometimes rice and other grain but they also put arsenic in them just in case rats and mice get in ๐Ÿ˜ฎ …. i used to it them ๐Ÿ˜ฎ a lot too, but then i talked to a delivery guy who worked for a packing company and he told me this. Please try to refrain from eating them ๐Ÿ˜€

        out of curiosity I checked this out – they are colour coded! anything that is any colour other than beige/cream contains chemicals and should not be eaten (they can be buried, or made into solvents for use as fuel or cleaners).

        That said I’ve not come across any different coloured ones in the UK – there are fairly strict controls on the use of rodenticides and they may not be allowed here – under British law rats and mice have protection as much as other animals and can only be caught in certain methods (this is done to avoid other creatures who may eat the bait or the rodents also being poisoned!)

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        Mashvie
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          colour coding is quite a good idea, i dont know australian shipping laws however there are strict rules on quarantine, so i assume there would be stric laws on what lethal chemicals they add into packaging. Australian wildlife is protected quite well in most areas. the only problem then is, the pretty colours make young children all the more curious
          i didnt know you could make solvents out of them though, thats something to try out of the ones i currently have saved up ๐Ÿ˜€

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