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Thread #103274   Message #2101813
Posted By: Micca
13-Jul-07 - 02:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: Dangerous Hand Sanitizers
Subject: RE: BS: Dangerous Hand Sanitizers
I am dairly certain that Iso-propyl Alcohol would give you a "positive" on most brethalysers as they test for the "=OH" (alcohol)Radical whether it would make you "drunk"? I for one dont know but I guarantee that, since one of its principle metabolites(if the body would metabolize it at all), would be Iso-propyl aldehyde which would give you a BASTARD of a hangover. How do I know this? I inhaled the vapour of isp-propyl aldehyde in the lab once by accident and had a 4 day headache and was pig-sick and off work for 3 of them!!!! It was, BTW, a reportable Industrial acccident