Business Insider is trying to make this story stick, but this is not a "Silicon Valley" trend. Shameless clickbait. This stuff is sold in Rainbow Grocery, whic

Business Insider is trying to make this story stick, but this is not a "Silicon Valley" trend. Shameless clickbait. This stuff is sold in Rainbow Grocery, which has been selling hippie products to Bay Area hippies for decades. While the Venn diagram of techies oftentimes intersects with hippies, they are not the same groups. On the object level, this stuff is not safe (as others in this thread have mentioned), and I'm sure there will be a lawsuit when someone gets sick from this product. It's not as dangerous as the anti-vaccination madness, but this is still a harmful meme.