SAY NO TO SMOKE BISCUITS

IF you are an active social media user, you would have come across the viral video of a boy consuming dry ice from an exhibition stall in Davangere, a city in Karnataka, and was allegedly reported dead.

-  SONU M KOTHARI

The clip shows the counter was named 'Smoke Biscuits' and the vendor served the child a smoky liquid. The child screamed immediately after consuming it.

Upon fact checking, it has been proven that the boy had consumed smoke biscuits which contain nitrogen and not dry ice which is nothing but frozen carbon dioxide.

Liquid nitrogen and dry ice are harmful. Dry ice's temperature can drop as low as -196 degrees Celsius and liquid nitrogen to -78.5 degrees Celsius. They get their names from the thick white vapour they produce in your mouth as you consume them at room temperature.

Both are freezing agents commonly used in the preparation and preservation of food.