claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square224linkfedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1179arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square224linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAnBee@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up40·2 days agoIf you get methanol poisoning for example from badly made liquor then the remedy for that is to drink ethanol (good liquor).
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 days agoI always keep a bottle of medicinal vodka around. Also glycol poisoning. Like if you drink antifreeze for your car, one treatment is to drink a bunch of alcohol so the liver processes the alcohol and not the ethelyne glycol.
minus-squarepewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agothanks for the tip, now im less likely to be poisoned by an assassin.
minus-squareDigestive_Biscuit@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIs this for real? Any links? Not doubting you but it’s always been a dark thought I can’t push away about accidentally drinking that stuff.
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThis one talks about injecting ethanol straight into the veins for quick absorption. https://scienceinsights.org/treating-ethylene-glycol-poisoning-antidotes-and-dialysis/ Or this one. Skip to “ethanol treatment” https://archive.cdc.gov/www_atsdr_cdc_gov/csem/ethylene-propylene-glycol/treatment.html
minus-squareSmeagol666@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI saw on TV where a woman tried to poison her husband with antifreeze, but since it was mixed with alcohol it took him more than a week to die.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoSame with acetaminophen poisoning.
If you get methanol poisoning for example from badly made liquor then the remedy for that is to drink ethanol (good liquor).
I always keep a bottle of medicinal vodka around.
Also glycol poisoning. Like if you drink antifreeze for your car, one treatment is to drink a bunch of alcohol so the liver processes the alcohol and not the ethelyne glycol.
thanks for the tip, now im less likely to be poisoned by an assassin.
Is this for real? Any links? Not doubting you but it’s always been a dark thought I can’t push away about accidentally drinking that stuff.
This one talks about injecting ethanol straight into the veins for quick absorption. https://scienceinsights.org/treating-ethylene-glycol-poisoning-antidotes-and-dialysis/
Or this one. Skip to “ethanol treatment” https://archive.cdc.gov/www_atsdr_cdc_gov/csem/ethylene-propylene-glycol/treatment.html
I saw on TV where a woman tried to poison her husband with antifreeze, but since it was mixed with alcohol it took him more than a week to die.
Same with acetaminophen poisoning.