Re: glycol effects, was: to tap or distill?

[Charles Slayman <Charles.Slayman@domain.elided>]

To Pet Loving Digesti,

	My Vet tells me the the toxic effect of ethlyene glycol in dogs and cats 
is that it crystallizes in their kidneys.  This is obviously fatal.  I think 
(but I'm not sure) there is some medication the vet or emergency clinic can give 
if you catch it quick enough in your pet (similar to the situation with snail 
bait).  There are some pet-safe antifreeze products (not sure what they are 
based on) as well as pet-safe snail bait (iron phosphate based).  
	Clearly, never leave open containers of anti-freeze around for pets or 
kids to drink.  Recycle old antifreeze in sealed containers!  Please!
	
Ciao,
Charlie	
	
	
>Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 23:40:25 -0800
>From: Jay Negrin <jmnegrin@domain.elided>
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>Jorge -
>
>Thanks for making the point more than I did about toxicity of ethylene glycol.
>I certainly did NOT want to give the impression that glycol ingestion was OK
>even in small amounts.
>
>I did not remember exactly, what the health effects were.  I seemed to remember
>that the effects weren't that pronounced in small doses, such as what one would
>expect in dosing to sweeten wine.  The dosing of wine was what I was referring,
>when I mentioned "small amounts".  Severe winos, well, they have other
>problems, and one might (politically incorrectly, of course) infer that chronic
>glycol consumption only speeds up the process of alcohol poisoing.
>
>ps - I noticed the name on the MSDS, Baker Chemical.  We use their products
>extensively in the lab.  Mostly acids, bases and a host of solvents for
>extraction.
>
>Jay Negrin
>
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