Of course I never actually *drank* it. Its splashed into my mouth before, but certainly not in sufficient quantity to kill.
JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Anti-Mosquito weapon > >Heck, to an adult it tastes like Kool-Aid. I don't know how many on the > >list have had an accidental taste of anti-freeze, but its darned good stuff. > >Its hard to believe though that the manufacturers can't put some kind of > >additive in it to make it smell bad or taste bad. From my brief experience, > >I can completely understand why pets drink the stuff. > > > >John Roth > >Baltimore, MD > > John, > > You're lucky if you actually drank some and are here to tell us about it. > > Anti-freeze (ethylene glycol) is rapidly converted to oxalic acid in > the body. Oxalic acid is a very deadly poison if ingested. I forget > (too many years ago) but I think it binds the iron in your blood as > ferric oxalate. Iron in your blood is what totes the oxygen around > the body to the cells........such as brain cells, heart cells, etc. > And without an oxygen source, the cells die immediately. > > Examples are the pets that lick antifreeze off garage floors - > they're all dead. > > Allan > -- > > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
