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It is also not prudent to assume that regulators are always scheming, wicked villains, or power hungry idiots or whatever. For example, in your distillery link
by bosswipe 6y ago
It is also not prudent to assume that regulators are always scheming, wicked villains, or power hungry idiots or whatever. For example, in your distillery link the FDA explains that incidents of kids eating hand sanitizer are up since the pandemic.
- kansface 6y agoRegulators don't need to be > scheming, wicked villains, or power hungry idiots to explain any of their recent misbehavior - perfectly banal explanations suffice. At the end of the day, our regulators will let people die invisibly if it means avoiding bad press because that's what they are incentivized to do.
- ahmedtd 6y agoThat's not a problem that should be solved by poisoning ("denaturing") the alcohol.
- mattkrause 6y agoThe article is a little bit confusing on the nature of denaturing. Alcohol can be denatured by making it literally unsafe to drink (methanol, gasoline, etc), or by making it really unpalatable (denatonium benzoate, vinegar, etc), or both. The list of agents and formulae are here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/27/part-21 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/27/part-21 Balancing the safety effects of kids eating hand sanitizer vs. the safety effects of not having enough hand sanitizer is tough, but insisting on a bitterant doesn't strike me as totally indefensible.
- ahmedtd 6y agoOh, ok. I guess bittering is reasonable.