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Just remember to get your official Permit from your friendly Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, before distilling any alcoholic beverages!
Yes, methanol can cause blindness, among other ill effects. Methanol itself is not particularly more toxic than ethanol, but it's metabolized to formaldehyde and formic acid, which are much more toxic than the acetaldehyde and acetic acid from ethanol. Distilling in a radiator can cause similar symptoms as a result of ethylene glycol poisoning.
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"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." --Abraham Lincoln
Last edited by n0nsensical; 05-01-2008 at 03:07 PM..
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