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Re:Next Time Your Mom Says Don't Go Out in The Rain, Spray Y... by jkat on Saturday February 09, 2013 @02:13AM (#5191985)
Was curious what happened if you inhaled it. Nothing specific on their site, but it does say:

    The coating has been found to be safe for use in nonfood contact areas 
    of food processing plants. The coating meets FDA and USDA regulations for those 
    types of applications.
Still curious.
Re:Next Time Your Mom Says Don't Go Out in The Rain, Spray Y... by cowsandmilk on Saturday February 09, 2013 @09:37AM (#5192618)
I am surprised no one has linked to the youtube video provided by the manufacturer about application of the product[1]. They recommend the use of a respirator during application; this doesn't necessarily mean anything, you won't get sued for telling someone to use a respirator when a product is safe, but it at least indicates they aren't comfortable yet to tell people to apply this without protective equipment. Like many things that require a respirator to apply, it likely becomes much safer once dry (the carrier solvent evaporates away, making the actual coating nonvolatile)

[1] http://youtu.be/Ord6dTARWfo

Re:Next Time Your Mom Says Don't Go Out in The Rain, Spray Y... by akurilin on Saturday February 09, 2013 @02:27AM (#5192004)
I remember seeing old videos of this tech used inside a ketchup bottle. I wonder if we're going to see food-safe versions soon on products like toothpaste and peanut butter :)
Re:Next Time Your Mom Says Don't Go Out in The Rain, Spray Y... by ricardobeat on Saturday February 09, 2013 @03:34AM (#5192117)
That was MIT's "LiquiGlide"[1]. Theirs was created from food-safe materials.

[1] http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679878/mits-freaky-non-stick-coa...

Re:Next Time Your Mom Says Don't Go Out in The Rain, Spray Y... by theon144 on Saturday February 09, 2013 @03:23AM (#5192102)
I remember reading it's already food-safe, as in if you scraped it with a knife and munched on it, it'd still pass through you without any effects, but sorry, I don't have a source for that.