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Re:World's Largest Producer of Rubbing Alcohol Can't Manufac... by beervirus on Saturday May 09, 2020 @03:04PM (#23127452)
This seems pretty reasonable. Fuel-grade ethanol probably has other stuff in it that may or may not be safe. The FDA doesn’t want people rubbing it on their hands until the factories demonstrate that it’s safe.
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Re:World's Largest Producer of Rubbing Alcohol Can't Manufac... by Scoundreller on Saturday May 09, 2020 @06:05PM (#23128658)
This isn’t universally true, but I once toured a sulfuric acid plant, and the only difference between their technical grade, food grade and pharma grade were the price and the certificate it came with.

But ya, they’d be upset if anyone was permitted to use the tech grade as food/pharma grade without paying the price.

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