claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square152fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·15 hours 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-squareDigestive_Biscuit@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours 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-up1·4 hours 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-up1·5 hours 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-squarepewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agothanks for the tip, now im less likely to be poisoned by an assassin.
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.
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.
thanks for the tip, now im less likely to be poisoned by an assassin.