I've noticed there's a lot of confusion of what NOPOX is and why it contains methanol.
So first not getting into exact ratios but the product is acetic acid (vinegar) and denatured ethanol.
Denatured alcohol has compounds added to it to make it toxic if consumed. Sometimes a bittering agent will be added as well to signal this toxicity. So the toxic compound in this case is methanol (don't know if it has a bittering agent). When we consume methanol it is converted to formaldehyde. This formaldehyde will cause protein cross-linking and death to the cells receiving high concentrations. Blindness and death are common results to poisoning. The only treatment is more ethanol! A hospital will get you drunk because you use ethanol before methanol, and hopefully you'll pee out the methanol before it gets used. Pretty nifty thinking!!)
So back on topic Redsea uses a methanol denatured ethanol for two reasons. 1) they would have to pay liquor taxes to the corresponding states in the US 2) they couldn't sell it to underage users in the US
Even when we buy pure ethanol for the laboratory we still have to pay liquor taxes!!
Oh and quick history is that denaturation was mainstreamed during prohibition. The government required all industrial ethanol produced to be denatured. This was supposedly to keep people from drinking it but unfortunately a lot of alcoholics did not truly understand the toxicity...
So first not getting into exact ratios but the product is acetic acid (vinegar) and denatured ethanol.
Denatured alcohol has compounds added to it to make it toxic if consumed. Sometimes a bittering agent will be added as well to signal this toxicity. So the toxic compound in this case is methanol (don't know if it has a bittering agent). When we consume methanol it is converted to formaldehyde. This formaldehyde will cause protein cross-linking and death to the cells receiving high concentrations. Blindness and death are common results to poisoning. The only treatment is more ethanol! A hospital will get you drunk because you use ethanol before methanol, and hopefully you'll pee out the methanol before it gets used. Pretty nifty thinking!!)
So back on topic Redsea uses a methanol denatured ethanol for two reasons. 1) they would have to pay liquor taxes to the corresponding states in the US 2) they couldn't sell it to underage users in the US
Even when we buy pure ethanol for the laboratory we still have to pay liquor taxes!!
Oh and quick history is that denaturation was mainstreamed during prohibition. The government required all industrial ethanol produced to be denatured. This was supposedly to keep people from drinking it but unfortunately a lot of alcoholics did not truly understand the toxicity...
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