warning kremlin vodka !!!! - Posted on 2006-09-15 14:13:25
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apparantly its in the lancashire telegraph that anyone drinking kremlin vodka must get in touch with the trading standards office immediately as they have found a large amount of methanol in it!!! It has 16 times the higher amount of methanol in it and is unfit for human consumption! Just thought i would let you know in case anyone bought a bottle. xxx
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warning kremlin vodka !!!! - Posted on 2006-09-15 14:32:24
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just the job for the jakies up here then.
bring it on lol
warning kremlin vodka !!!! - Posted on 2006-09-15 15:30:06
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Err, Kat, you had this vodka at your house last weekend.
warning kremlin vodka !!!! - Posted on 2006-09-15 15:36:30
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warning kremlin vodka !!!! - Posted on 2006-09-15 15:38:14
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i know mark my dad bought it me ! hes speaking to them at the mo
warning kremlin vodka !!!! - Posted on 2006-09-15 15:43:17
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right apparently to have any serious effect you would have to consume a full litre in one night to yourself and any simptons would appear within 24 to 48 hours of consumption.... My dad had bought me the bottle i had on friday but lots of us had it so it was shared (unbeknown to me) so we are ok thank god. My dad bought me the bottle the other week. Just keep your eyes open for it in the shops if you see any then contact the trading standards and let them know.
warning kremlin vodka !!!! - Posted on 2006-09-15 15:52:21
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Well that's half the Chesterfield Chav's wiped out in one go.?
I think I need to ask the waitresses if they did my drinks out of that or out of my own Vodka.
warning kremlin vodka !!!! - Posted on 2006-09-15 16:02:55
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out of your own bottle sir lol.......
warning kremlin vodka !!!! - Posted on 2006-09-15 17:49:05
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so thats why you gave me that litre to drink the other day!
warning kremlin vodka !!!! - Posted on 2006-09-16 12:52:54
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Nuthin like dual purpose booz eh Kat. If ya cant drink it, run it throught the auto LOL!
warning kremlin vodka !!!! - Posted on 2006-09-17 04:49:49
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Methanol is intoxicating but not directly poisonous. It is toxic by its breakdown (toxication) by the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase in the liver by forming formic acid and formaldehyde which cause blindness by destruction of the optic nerve. [2] Methanol ingestion can also be fatal due to its CNS depressant properties in the same manner as ethanol poisoning. It enters the body by ingestion, inhalation, or absorption through the skin. Fetal tissue will not tolerate methanol. Dangerous doses will build up if a person is regularly exposed to vapors or handles liquid without skin protection. If methanol has been ingested, a doctor should be contacted immediately. The usual fatal dose: 100–125 mL (4 fl oz). Toxic effects take hours to start, and effective antidotes can often prevent permanent damage. This is treated using ethanol or fomepizole[3]. Either of these drugs acts to slow down the action of alcohol dehydrogenase on methanol by means of competitive inhibition, so that it is excreted by the kidneys rather than being transformed into toxic metabolites. Though it is miscible with water, methanol is very hard to wash off the skin; it is best to treat methanol like gasoline.
The initial symptoms of methanol intoxication are those of central nervous system depression: headache, dizziness, nausea, lack of coordination, confusion, drowsiness, and with suffiently large doses, unconsciousness and death. The initial symptoms of methanol exposure are usually less severe than the symptoms resulting from the ingestion of a similar quantity of ethyl alcohol.
Once the initial symptoms have passed, a second set of symptoms arises 10–30 hours after the initial exposure to methanol: blurring or complete loss of vision, together with acidosis. These symptoms result from the accumulation of toxic levels of formate in the bloodstream, and may progress to death by respiratory failure. The ester derivatives of methanol do not share this toxicity.
Ethanol is sometimes denatured (adulterated), and thus made undrinkable, by the addition of methanol. The result is known as methylated spirit or "meths" (UK use). (The latter should not be confused with meth, a common abbreviation for methamphetamine.)
Pure methanol has been used in open wheel racing since the mid-1960s. Unlike petroleum fires, methanol fires can be extinguished with plain water (while methanol is lighter than water, they are miscible, and the addition of water will cause the fire to use its heat to boil the water). The decision was made shortly after the death of two drivers.
One concern with the addition of methanol to automotive fuels is highlighted by recent groundwater impacts from the fuel additive methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). Leaking underground gasoline storage tanks created MTBE plumes in groundwater that eventually adulterated well water. Methanol's high solubility in water raises concerns that similar well water contamination could arise from the widespread use of methanol as an automotive fuel.
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