Once charcoal is “activated,” it can be used in anything from soap and towels to natural air purifiers and, yes, our food. This air purifier uses activated charcoal to filter odors and chemicals.

Activated charcoal also doesn’t work on certain alcohols. Some hospitals prefer not to use it in the emergency department and instead opt for more specific antidotes to poisonings and overdoses.

The Goal: Find the best charcoal for your Fourth of July cookout. Grill masters from around the country turned us away from compressed briquettes (too many additives) and toward pure hardwood lump ...

Charcoal from hardwood trees harvested in the U.S. is generally considered to be more sustainable. We decided to investigate more deeply what consumers are actually getting when they buy a bag of ...

Related: 21 Grilled Chicken Recipes to Make Again and Again Lump charcoal is made from all-natural pieces of hardwood, often hickory, oak, maple, or other woods. Briquettes, on the other hand, are ...

The charcoal binds to the poison and keeps it from entering the blood stream. "Activated charcoal should only be given in health care facilities," Johnson says. "We do not recommend at-home use of ...

Lump charcoal is made from all-natural pieces of hardwood, often hickory, oak, maple, or other woods. Briquettes, on the other hand, are a manufactured product made with wood by-products that are ...

In two out of five bags claiming their charcoal had come from the U.S., 15% or more of the material was actually tropical woods, such as ipe, which are not native to the U.S.

In two out of five bags claiming their charcoal had come from the U.S., 15% or more of the material was actually tropical woods, such as ipe, which are not native to the U.S.