[Bioconversion] Re: County wide methanol project -- was: Re: [Gasification] Re: Gasification Digest, Vol 23, Issue 28

[Harmon Seaver]

Just do a google on methanol toxicity. For instance:

"Lethal doses are thought to range from 30-240 mL; the minimum lethal
dose is believed to be 1 g/kg body weight."

http://www.emedicine.com/NEURO/topic217.htm

   Methanol is very readily absorbed thru the skin, sub-lethal doses
cause damage to the nervous system and eyes.



On 6/26/06, Arnt Karlsen <arnt at c2i.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:48:22 -0500, Harmon wrote in message
> <22acb24d0606261748i7c237c34v507d837d9d18cd5a at mail.gmail.com>:
>
> >    This conversation really belongs on the bioconversion list rather
> > than gasification.
>
> ..aye.
>
> > But have you given any thought to just how toxic methanol is? Spill it
> > on your hand while refueling and you probably won't survive the
> > experience.
>
> ..maybe I'm on long term bonus time, but some aero modellers have messed
> around with methanol and castor oil for decades.  We do however worry
> about epoxy glues and paints, there is an individual and appearantly
> accumulating tolerance limit, some oldtimers can mess around for decades
> with no visible effects while a few unfortunate souls lose their health
> building their first model.
>
> --
> ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o)
> ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
>   Scenarios always come in sets of three:
>   best case, worst case, and just in case.
>
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Harmon Seaver