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Thursday, February 01, 2007


Chemistry 101: If you have to ask, "isopropyl alcohol" doesn't mean what you think it means.
At least two people have become intoxicated by drinking hand-sanitizing gels, a potentially deadly habit, doctors reported Wednesday.

A prison inmate and a hospitalitzed alcoholic both were treated for poisoning from the gels, which contain alcohol -- but not the same kind as found in beverages.
Weird, in that I've seen some hand sanitizers that say "60% ethyl alcohol" which is a great way to start your weekend. But then there's this:
"The Maryland Poison Center was called about a 49-year-old, usually calm prison inmate who was described as being 'red-eyed,' 'loony,' 'combative,' and 'intoxicated, lecturing everyone about life'," Dr. Suzanne Doyon of the Maryland Poison Center and Dr. Christopher Welsh of the University of Maryland School of Medicine wrote in one letter. [emphasis mine]
And? That's a good synopsis of every drunk I've ever had to wrestle with to obtain the karaoke microphone. What's the problem? We just don't want to hear Freebird again, OK, Flapjack?



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