At 04:01 PM 12/17/2006, you wrote:
>Ethylene glycol biodegrades rapidly in the environment ... in fact, it's worst
>effect is that it degrades so rapidly it can potentially take enough
>oxygen out
>of the water to suffocate fish ! It's also not particularly poisonous when
>heavily diluted (healthy human kidneys will remove it), kind of like grain
I don't buy that! From what I know the bodily "failure mode" from
ethylene glycol ingestion in mammals is kidney failure caused by the
stuff crystalizing in the kidneys and impairing their function.
[[taking break to research @ Wikipedia]]
"as little as 30 milliliters (2 tablespoons) can be lethal to adults " in:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_glycol
But, yeah, I've dumped it down the toilet when I've been at places
with municipal sewage treatment. It's water soluble, and I don't
feel bad about 2 gallons in a few million a day. I won't dump it in
my current septic system, but the local landfill has a recycling
section that take it and motor oil
-Wayne
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