denatured+alcohol

Known as alcohol which is not edible. It is normally dyed certain colors to prevent human consumption.
 * About:** Denatured alcohol is ethanol that has additives to make it more poisonous and undrinkable. Denaturing alcohol does not chemically alter the ethanol molecule, but mixes with other chemicals to form an undrinkable solution. Different additives are used to make it difficult to use distillation to reverse the denaturation.

Denatured alcohol is not, in itself, a preferred product — that is, it is not something that would be normally demanded if given the alternative of normal ethanol. Denatured alcohol and its manufacture are a public policy compromise. The supply and demand for denatured alcohol arises from the fact that normal alcohol (which in everyday language refers specifically to ethanol suitable for human consumption as a drink) is usually very expensive compared to similar chemicals, being highly taxed for revenue and public health policy purposes. Pure ethanol would have the same health hazards as any other high-concentration alcohol. As a result, if pure ethanol were made cheaply available as a fuel or solvent, people would drink it.


 * Uses:** Denatured Alcohol has a variety of uses including camp stove fuel, preservative for specimens in biology, germicide for fungus, an excipient for pharmaceutical products and industrial and household cleaners. Denatured alcohol is unfit for human consumption (can cause blindness). Product is flammable.



Inhalation Effects: Vapor harmful. Can cause headache, respiratory tract irritation, eye irritation, eye watering, drowsiness dizziness, nausea, effects on the central nervous system, spotted vision, dilation of pupils, and convulsions. Can cause skin irritation, dermatitis, and skin redness. May cause eye irritation. Ingestion Effects: It is poisonous. Can be fatal or cause blindness. May produce fluid in the lungs and pulmonary edema. May cause headache, nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, loss of coordination, damage to liver, heart or kidney, coma, and death. Flammable
 * Ingredients:** Ethyl Alcohol, Methanol, Methyl isobutyl ketone
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