• datelmd5sum@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I used an empty wiper fluid bottle as s drinking bottle in a party. It wasn’t the best idea since people were worried I was chugging denatured ethanol neat and getting an alcohol poisoning.

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      people were worried I was chugging denatured ethanol

      Most windshield wiper fluid contains methanol, not ethanol. Methanol is much more toxic than ethanol. A few milliliters can cause permanent blindness, and a few more can be fatal.

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        Those are illegal to sell here. Proper alcoholics here used to drink the strongly denatured ethanol based windshield wiper fluids, but now they prefer the less strongly denatured hand sanitizers.