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How can methanol be harmful to human if accidentically swallowed
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Damon
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002680.htm
9 years ago
bobpursley
After humans are exposed to methanol, the dangerous symptoms result when methanol is transformed into formic acid in the body; it is the formic acid that damages the central nervous system.
9 years ago
Reed
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1174890-overview
9 years ago

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