Myths About Alcohol And Sanitizers

Jen O'Sullivan Podcast

Myths About Alcohol And Sanitizers Show Notes: WHO recommended recipes: https://www.who.int/gpsc/5may/Guide_to_Local_Production.pdf How is Isopropyl Alcohol Made? Component of fossil fuel: propene (carbon and hydrogen (C3H6)) Isopropyl Alcohol is made from propene and water carbon and hydrogen (C3H6) plus hydrogen and oxygen (H20) to create isopropyl alcohol (C3H7OH). https://sciencing.com/isopropyl-alcohol-made-5574730.html Is Isopropyl alcohol a central nervous system depressor? Nausea. Irritability. Headaches. Poisoning through skin contact or inhalation. It is very hard to get poisoning from inhalation. You would need to be around a massive spill or be doing it on purpose through huffing to get high. Consider hospitals. They use isopropyl alcohol to disinfect all surfaces plus to clean and disinfect their tools. Do you see doctors and nurses having toxicity to isopropyl alcohol? No! The EWG rates Isopropyl alcohol as a 2. https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ingredients/703198-ISOPROPYL_ALCOHOL/ Additional sources: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/icsc/showcard.display?p_version=2&p_card_id=0554 https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Isopropyl-alcohol#section=Solubility https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18593539/ https://www.drugrehab.com/addiction/alcohol/drinking-rubbing-alcohol/ https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/disinfection/disinfection-methods/chemical.html https://www.drugs.com/alcohol.html Blending Fragrance with Vodka? “The alcohol in witch hazel is only sufficient to protect the witch hazel itself from some microbial growth. It will not effectively inhibit microbial growth in a spray or other product. In fact, it will provide food for microbes because it’s an herbal/botanical product/ingredient.” - Tisserand https://tisserandinstitute.org/effective-use-alcohol-aromatic-blending/