On 12/2/2014 12:07 AM, Jack Coats wrote: > Yea, Propylene Glycol also is poisonous to dogs and cats (and probably > people if you drink it straight). It evidently tastes sweet, but more than > a tiny bit can be fatal. So keep your coolant tub covered and clean up > spills before your shop animal does it for you. > > Yes, it is a food additive, it evidently absorbs extra water in food, > cosmetics and medicines. It just isn't on the condiment shelf in my wife's > kitchen! It is also put on tobacco, and used in 'smokeless cigarettes', > food wrappers, and other things. > > It is considered an 'environmentally safe' coolant for cars, because it > breaks down in sunlight to innocuous stuff. In open air it breaks down in > 24-50 hours or so half life (think of it as if left out in the open, every > 2 days have of it dissipates, and of what is left, each 2 days half of what > is left dissipates into the environment), or in a week if in a water/dirt > environment. If it breaks down in water, it can remove some of the > dissolved oxygen (leading to fish kills and the such). > > (I got most of my info from USDA web site and wikipedia. I also have used > it on a log building to help preserve it (since it absorbs water keeping > down fungus that grows on wood that instigates wood rot, I also dissolved > borax in it as a fungicide too. Together they are pretty effective.). > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
RV Antifreeze must be somewhat different as I haven't seen it breakdown at all. Even after years sitting in a coolant tank. Perhaps they stabilize it somehow? The stuff comes that flushes out of the RV water system (in my trailer) just makes the water taste nasty until it is well flushed but it beats frozen pipes. Dave --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
