i licked a tiny amount of the dust, after checking the composition of the dust on the attached card and not seeing any lead. this is not the best scientific procedure but sometimes the spirit of inquiry takes us to inadvisable places.
anyway i sat down to do my due diligence tonight and the chemical composition of the lunar highland dust is as follows:
Silicon dioxide, 48.1% (basically glass dust. don't eat a fistful, but it's actually much less lethal to inhale or ingest than you'd think from movies.)
Aluminum oxide, 25.8% (not good for you but mostly bad in high doses or over long periods of time)
Calcium oxide, 18.4% (it's quicklime; main side effect of ingestion is irritation of lungs and/or mouth; a few grains won't do much of anything)
Ferric oxide, 3.7% (this is just iron rust. not enough of it to taste, either.)
Titanium oxide, 1.1% (harmless)
Phosphorus pentoxide, 1.0% (irritating to mouth and lungs but does nothing at this concentration)
Potassium oxide, 0.7% (same)
Chlorine, 0.4% (would kill you if you chugged it, does nothing at this concentration)
Magnesium oxide, 0.3% (this is actually used as an antacid and laxative; still does nothing at this concentration)
Sulfur trioxide 0.3% (very bad for you; do not eat any more than this much)
Manganese Oxide 0.1% (apparently used in food additives sometimes)
Strontium Oxide (no evidence that it's hazardous to humans)
in summary, if i determinedly ate my entire vial of moon dust i would severely fuck up my digestive system due to pouring in a bunch of glass dust and a number of chemicals that react badly to water. people who go to the moon should probably not be rolling around in moon dust and they should wash their hands before they eat lunch. but i merely touched my tongue to a fine amount of dust that stuck to my fingertip, and have experienced no adverse effects. this is because licking the moon is a cool and fun thing to do and i'm very pleased to have done it.
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