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Re:The big alcohol study that didn't happen by fsckboy on Saturday January 13, 2024 @02:28AM (#38977989)
denatured:

(2) Of alcohol made undrinkable, by adding a toxin or unpalatable substance, but still useful as a fuel or solvent. Traditionally by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol) to ethanol (grain alcohol).

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/denatured

seems like there should be more information here, but I didn't look

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denatured_alcohol

Re:The big alcohol study that didn't happen by mcmoor on Saturday January 13, 2024 @09:01AM (#38979945)
Wait, shouldn't hand sanitizer food-grade? Wouldn't making it poisonous be very dangerous?
Re:The big alcohol study that didn't happen by fsckboy on Saturday January 13, 2024 @09:40PM (#38986898)
only poisonous in quantity, small amounts like from your hand would be tolerable. We just don't want alcoholics drinking a whole bottle to feed their addiction and then winding up blind.