Saturday, Feb 17, 2007 at 16:08
Oh I love this bit too!! On their website they have a link:
"Want to know more about environmentally friendly methanol?" LOL Ok, maybe it's friendly to the environment, but it'll sure kick your ass if you muck around with it.
From a health and saftey website:
"The symptoms of methanol poisoning, which may not appear for 12
to 24 h, include visual disturbances, nausea, abdominal and muscle
pain, dizziness, weakness and disturbances of consciousness ranging
from coma to clonic seizures.
The lethal dose of methanol for humans is not known for certain,
but is reported to range from 0.3 to 1 g/kg. Autopsies from victims
of lethal methanol poisoning reveal retinal and optic nerve
degeneration and gross pathology in the visceral organs, lungs and
central nervous system, involving a variety of oedematous,
haemorrhagic and degenerative changes."
I've also read before that regular exposure of small doses of methanol is linked to Birth Defects too.
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