The New Mexico Department of Health confirmed on Friday that three people have died from methanol poisoning in hand sanitizer.
In addition to the three people who died, one person is permanently blind and three others are still in critical condition. NMDOH believes all seven people drank hand sanitizer containing methanol.
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Some more dead idiots. I'll drink to that!
ReplyDeleteJust be careful about WHAT you drink.
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NC Sweet tea and Mint Julip while sitting on my plantation's antebellum mansion are my imbibement liquids. Is that racist?
DeleteFor gosh sake people, it's ETHANOL you drink not METHANOL. I bet they got confused with the METH... part of the name.
ReplyDelete"I heard its Meth mixed with alcohol, man"
DeleteKnew a man that worked on a Idaho potato farm. Went to town in his pickup truck to get some day labor. When he got back to the farm, they were falling down drunk. That’s when he remembered leaving a gallon of antifreeze in the back. The boss chewed him out good for that.
ReplyDeleteSeveral years ago, we had a project in the heart of a reservation, that lasted several months. The stuff we saw involving alcohol and the locals. Made for a very interesting work site at times.
ReplyDeleteHuh. Forgot to check the label, I guess. Most hand sanitizer is 95% ethanol, and perfectly safe to drink. Well, as much as anything with that much alcohol in it can be.
ReplyDeleteThe article even mentions that the FDA has advised NOT to use hand sanitizer that contains methanol. Probably because some of it does absorb thru the skin and end up in the bloodstream.
That said, I agree they probably were Indians. Most white guys aren't creative enough to come up with that... Or alcoholic enough, I guess.