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This sounds suspicious - care to cite any references?
by VMG 15y ago
This sounds suspicious - care to cite any references?
- nsr 15y agoWell, wikipedia has references in this section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol#Toxicity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol#Toxicity Specifically, anything with a strong ethanol content will help, as the damage caused by drinking methanol results from the byproducts of you body processing the poison. The biological pathways that process methanol have a greater affinity for ethanol, so drinking whisky (or everclear or 151) or any other strong alcohol will keep you alive until your body has a chance to eject the methanol as a waste product.
- jQueryIsAwesome 15y agoIt was just and hypothetical example, being honest: right now the only thing i could find is this link in Spanish: http://www.bio-nica.info/Biblioteca/Gutierrez-Intoxicacion-Metanol.pdf http://www.bio-nica.info/Biblioteca/Gutierrez-Intoxicacion-M... The theory is this: The consumption of ethyl alcohol (whisky/vodka) can prevent the conversion of methanol to formaldehyde and formic acid plus it extracts the toxic substance and neutralizes its metabolic effects.