Widely used Explosives & Poisons - YOU've Got At Home:

If I was to say to you "SODIUM AZIDE" .. some of my mates might respond ".. And up you too"
How about "Guanidine nitrate"?

- Both of these substances are highly explosive and I'd just about guarantee that you and your families are very close to - and unknowingly use them every day. 

.. Further, the sodium azide is actually a VERY nasty, deadly poison.

OK I'll explain - both of these are used as the explosive that fires when your car has an impact and they blast their way through your dashboard, side panels or steering wheel while inflating gas-bags that will hopefully reduce your crash injuries. Wikipedia says:

Sodium azide is the inorganic compound with the formula NaN₃. This colorless salt is the gas-forming component in many car airbag systems. It is used for the preparation of other azide compounds. It is an ionic substance, is highly soluble in water, and is very acutely toxic.^[5]

Guanidine nitrate is the chemical compound with the formula [C(NH₂)₃]NO₃. It is a colorless, water-soluble salt. It is produced on a large scale as high energy fuel used as gas generator and solid rocket propellant applications. Its more official name is guanidinium nitrate, but the incorrect term guanidine nitrate is widely used.

One aspect of this that I find very interesting but not at all surprising .. is that the Auto-Industry Corporate marketers (& various Govt. Departments) refer to these active explosive devices as 'passive safety devices'.

.. & There is no "air" in "air bags".

These device deployments are triggered through an explosive pyrotechnic process.
- How many of my fellow citizens would choose to deny that we peasants are actively, & continuously - deliberately misled via media propaganda .. or is that "fake news"?

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Analysis by Australia's Newcastle University reports that plastic use is now so widespread that we each eat on average five grams of plastic each week .. that's the weight of a bank-card.

For starters - what do you think sausage skins are made of?
Wikipedia: Artificial casings are made of collagen, cellulose, or plastic. Artificial casings from animal collagen are generally edible, though some are not.

.. or sometimes more-to-the-point, what are the sausages made from?

Life is good,

Marty K.