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Alcohol (ethanol) is often denatured with methanol when sold for purposes other than drinking. This avoids the excise taxes and other restrictions on selling al
by ramshorns 8y ago
Alcohol (ethanol) is often denatured with methanol when sold for purposes other than drinking. This avoids the excise taxes and other restrictions on selling alcohol.
- wizardforhire 8y agoI’m well aware. And methanol is some nasty stuff. Soldering is already toxic enough better to not have your hands soaking in methanol while you’re at it. Having a skin moisturizer with denatured alcohol in it is just crazy to me! And the only reason for denaturing is carry over laws from prohibition. Anybody whose dealt with addiction in they’re family knows how sinister and terrible alcohol abuse is. But in the most extreme cases denaturing does not deter people from drinking it! So we poison alcohol to pat ourselves on the back? I’m not ok with it, and I think people should be aware of how toxic denatured ethanol with methanol actually is.