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blue danger
Canon EOS 6D - f/6.3 - 1/50sec - 100mm - ISO 200
- for challenge Flickr group: Macro Mondays, theme: Danger
- diameter of the cap: 3.5 cm
- Methylated spirit, also called denatured alcohol or denatured rectified spirit is poisonous and should never be taken internally.
Drinking it can lead to severe illness, blindness, brain impairment and death.
Despite its poisonous content, denatured alcohol is sometimes consumed as a surrogate alcohol. This can result in blindness or death if it contains methanol. For instance, during the Prohibition in the United States, federal law required methanol in domestically-manufactured industrial alcohols. On Christmas Day, 1926, and the two following days, which was roughly at the midpoint of the "Great Experiment" of nationwide alcohol prohibition, 31 people in New York City alone died of methanol poisoning.
To help prevent this, denatonium is often added to give the substance an extremely bitter flavour. Substances such as pyridine are added to give the mixture an unpleasant odour, and agents such as syrup of ipecac may also be included to induce vomiting.
blue danger
Canon EOS 6D - f/6.3 - 1/50sec - 100mm - ISO 200
- for challenge Flickr group: Macro Mondays, theme: Danger
- diameter of the cap: 3.5 cm
- Methylated spirit, also called denatured alcohol or denatured rectified spirit is poisonous and should never be taken internally.
Drinking it can lead to severe illness, blindness, brain impairment and death.
Despite its poisonous content, denatured alcohol is sometimes consumed as a surrogate alcohol. This can result in blindness or death if it contains methanol. For instance, during the Prohibition in the United States, federal law required methanol in domestically-manufactured industrial alcohols. On Christmas Day, 1926, and the two following days, which was roughly at the midpoint of the "Great Experiment" of nationwide alcohol prohibition, 31 people in New York City alone died of methanol poisoning.
To help prevent this, denatonium is often added to give the substance an extremely bitter flavour. Substances such as pyridine are added to give the mixture an unpleasant odour, and agents such as syrup of ipecac may also be included to induce vomiting.