DNA: skin contact hazard?
Ken Grunke from SW WI
>Is there any concern of skin contact with denatured alcohol? Do you wear gloves when handling soaked turnings? Or not?
I don't, but I try to keep contact to a minimum.
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GaryG in MD
>I wear gloves because 1) it dries out your skin just like it does the wood, and 2) the methyl alcohol used to denature the ethyl alcohol is bad stuff, generally speaking. For that reason, I also try to minimize how much I breathe by working outside with it as much as possible. Safety first.
Factoids from the Web, FWIW: "Unlike ethanol, methanol is a toxic product; extensive exposure to it could lead to permanent health damage, including blindness. US maximum allowed exposure in air (40 h/week) are 1900 mg/m� for ethanol, 900 mg/m� for gasoline, and 260 mg/m� for methanol. Nevertheless, a drive to add a significant percentage of methanol to gasoline got very close to implementation in Brazil. A pilot experiment that was to be conducted in S�o Paulo was vetoed at the last minute by the city's mayor, out of concern for the health of gas station workers (who are mostly illiterate and could not be expected to follow safety precautions)."
Happy and safe soaking,
Gary
