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RE: waste antifreeze

To: Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>, Shop-Talk List
Subject: RE: waste antifreeze
From: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:04:06 -0800 (PST)
BTW, the emergency antidote for both ethylene glycol
and methanol poisoning is ethanol.  I believe the
liver reacts preferentially with the ethanol, reducing
the rate of the dangerous reactions with the poisons.

So keep a bottle of Scotch in the garage...

Doug


> Ethylene glycol biodegrades rapidly in the
> environment ... in fact, it's worst
> effect is that it degrades so rapidly it can
> potentially take enough oxygen out
> of the water to suffocate fish !  It's also not
> particularly poisonous when
> heavily diluted (healthy human kidneys will remove
> it), kind of like grain
> alcohol.




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