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2004-06-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-06-13 12:23:12 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "...added to drinks to boost their potency."

Yeah, it's a real trip - 'til you go blind and/or die.

"...make more money..."

Only works once, though, if your customers are all dead.

Posted by PBMcL 2004-06-13 12:52:40 AM|| 2004-06-13 12:52:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 âBad alcoholâ kills 12 Iranians

Bad alcohol! Naughty alcohol! Wicked alcohol! You've been killing and blinding Iranians again. Now, go to your room and stay there!

Posted by Zenster 2004-06-13 1:14:18 AM|| 2004-06-13 1:14:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Death is one way to avoid a hangover.

Posted by JDB 2004-06-13 3:53:54 AM|| 2004-06-13 3:53:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Korea has an alcoholic drink called Jin Ro,you have to pour off the first inch or so or you will go blind(rot gut taste like rubbing alcohol).

Posted by Raptor 2004-06-13 6:55:03 AM|| 2004-06-13 6:55:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 At least five of those affected are said to have gone blind.

Antifreeze???

Posted by Rafael 2004-06-13 8:47:13 AM|| 2004-06-13 8:47:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Methanol, a one carbon alcohol, is perhaps the most common cause of toxic blindness.

Ethylene glycol [antifreeze] is metabolized by the liver and travels in the bloodstream to the kidneys, where it forms insoluble calcium oxalate crystals inside the renal tubules. Dr. Volmer says, "Once metabolism of the ethylene glycol has reached a certain point, there is no way to stop it." Because these crystals are insoluble, there is no way to remove them from the body. They cause permanent damage to the kidney tissue, which can ultimately lead to kidney failure.

Posted by Zenster 2004-06-13 12:49:44 PM|| 2004-06-13 12:49:44 PM|| Front Page Top

In practice, there is a thriving trade in locally made or smuggled alcohol

So much for their wonderful, pure religion which of course everyone must follow so we'll have a perfect world, yadda, yadda, yadda....

News flash for the mullahs: Human beings being human, prohibition doesn't work! Just ask the Great Satan about the 18th Amendment to our Constitution.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-13 4:33:14 PM|| 2004-06-13 4:33:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Methanol also goes BOOM very easily. Believe it or not, ethylene glycol is used in making a lot of plastics.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2004-06-13 8:45:46 PM|| 2004-06-13 8:45:46 PM|| Front Page Top

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