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If dust landed on my food, will it still be safe for me to eat the food? what will happen if i eat the dust on the food?
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Dust: Probably nothing would happen but I would not make a habit of eating dust !
Answered 11/11/2017
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Most house dust: is make up of digested human skin cells. The excrement of human dust mites. Not very appetizing but harmless.
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