I don't recall any earlier controversy, Jan, but to be picky, I don't think
ethanol is an antidote. Rather, any ethanol present is preferentially
oxidised by the same enzyme which oxidises methanol to produce the toxins.
With the ethanol you just get a headache. Without the ethanol, you get the
toxins - but you can't then administer ethanol as an antidote.
Now we can progress to discuss our preferred ethanols...
:-)
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Piers
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jan Steinman
Sent: 14 December 2007 19:38
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Cleaning advise (was New digital film for Zuikos---Canyon
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On the up side, the antidote to methanol poising is ethanol. So after
cleaning your sensor, have a couple stiff drinks, just in case.
(There was some controversy last time I posted the ethanol antidote, but I
have since double-checked it with the MSDS and other sources.
Google or Wikipedia before flaming.)
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