Re:Methanol in South Africa Teens Deaths Often Fatal
by vanattab on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @09:55AM
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>Because methanol is cheap it has been used in making illegal alcoholic drinks, sometimes called moonshine.
This article is absolute garbage they make it sound as if people are deliberately adding methanol to homemade spirts because it's cheap. This is not what typically happens, methanol is usually/(always?) a by product and has to be removed during the distilling process. There is no mention of methanol being a natural by product of production. Because of articles like this the next group of kids may assume that as long as they don't add methanol they are safe.
This article is absolute garbage they make it sound as if people are deliberately adding methanol to homemade spirts because it's cheap. This is not what typically happens, methanol is usually/(always?) a by product and has to be removed during the distilling process. There is no mention of methanol being a natural by product of production. Because of articles like this the next group of kids may assume that as long as they don't add methanol they are safe.