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RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Danger of Chemical Exposure.

2016-02-02 by Andrew Volk

If you want to read an interesting book that includes some of the history of denatured alcohol, look for “The Poisoner’s Handbook,” by Deborah Blum.  The U.S. government went through 40 recipes to add poisonous chemicals to it to stop people drinking it during Prohibition.  It didn’t work and thousands died.  An unexpected result of that social experiment.

 

From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 12:32 PM
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Danger of Chemical Exposure.

 

  

Not quite:

Denatured alcohol

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

*Denatured alcohol*, also called *methylated spirits*, is ethanol 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol> that has additives to make it 
poisonous <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisonous>, somewhat bad 
tasting, foul smelling or nauseating 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emetic>, to discourage recreational 
consumption. In some cases it is also dyed.

/BrovoPapa/

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alan00463@... [Homebrew_PCBs] wrote:
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>
> I forgot to mention that denatured alcohol AKA methanol is a toxin.
> Therefore, its vessel or any vessel containing it and something else,
> acetone, for example, should be kept locked with a padlock and
> isolated from the padlock's key when not in use. In addition, any 
> vessel containing any denatured alcohol should be labeled POISON.
> And remember the label won't work on a curious 2-year-old.
>
>

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