POISONING INCIDENT ALERT TO ALL PERSONNEL

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Subject: POISONING INCIDENT ALERT TO ALL PERSONNEL                       

Box ID: BX000054

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent  Organization: ARCENT      

Folder Title: DUTY LOG REAR CP G3  21 DEC 90                                                                  

Folder Seq #:         91

Document Number:         26

Document Date: 

Scan Date: 02-MAY-1996



                          02 O#H2,MWOZ DEC 90            UUUU
                          3 .           IS A HIGHLY TOX C CHEMICAL TH#or-AUSES BLINDNESS, BRAIN DAKAGE,
                          AND DEATH AMONG        WH(I FOOLISHLY SU13STITUTE IT FOR @, WINE, LIQUOR,

                          ANI) OTHER ALCOHOLIC DRIMM.

                          4.            (@      43R WOOD ALCAHOU IS A WIDELY  @ SOLVENT IN PAINTS,

                          VARNISHES, AND PAINT REMOVERS. IT IS USED ALONE AS AN ANTIFREEZE FLUID

                          AND WITH          AND SOAP AS A SOLID CANNED FUEL. POISONIN(3S ARE USUALLY

                          DUE TO ACCIDENTAL INGESTION BY ALCOHOLICS. IN SOME AREAS,              MAY BE

                          A C(3NTAMINANT IN "MOONSHINE.0 METHANOL HAS LEGITIMATE USES AS A SOLVENT,

                          CLEANINS AGENT, OR DRYING AGENT IN MINTENANCF- ACTIVITIES SUCH AS MOTOR

                          POOLS, WHERE IT IS COMMONLY STOCKED. ONE NSN IS 681@97-3608. IT t4AY

                          COME IN GALLON-SIZE CONTAINERS OR SMALLER.

                          5. 14ET@iANOL CAN BE EXPECTED TO CAUSE BLINDNESS, BRAIN DA14AGE, OR DEATH

                          @B THOSE WHO DRINK IT. IT IS HISVILY POISONOUS. A FEW OUNCES CAN KILL

                          AN ADULT.

                          6- AS LITTLE AS 2 TEASPOON@       (10 t4L) OR METHANOL IS CONSIDERED TOXIC;

                          FATAL RESULTS HAVE BEEN FTEPORTED WITH DOSAGES BETWEEN 50 AND 200 M- (2 PM 8

                          OUNCES). A @D LEVEL      @TER THAN 800 MG/L IS DANGEROUS T(I LIFE.

                          WTABMITES OF METHYL ALCOHOL CAN DAHASE THE OPTIC NERVE,      @TING IN

                          EITI@ TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT BLINDNESS.

                          7- ALL @@ WORKING IN UNIT SECTIONS                 METHANOL IS ST@ AND USED

                          WILL BE THOROUGHLY BRIEFED ON THE DANGERS OF THIS CHEMICAL. ALTHOUGH IT IS

RAGIC RESULTS OF THE INCIDENT DESCRIBED ABOVE, IT 15

                          ESSENTIAL THAT ALL PEFtSONNE3- BE MADE AWARE OF THE HIGHLY PI]ISONOUS NATURE OF

                          T141S COMMON CKEMICAI-. METHANOL KILLS.

                          S. POC IS COL O'DONNELL, 44TH MEDICAL    BRISADE, TAC 9-7671-260;

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File Room = apr96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-16
Box ID = BX000054
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = DUTY LOG REAR CP G3 21 DEC 90
Folder Seq # = 91
Subject = POISONING INCIDENT ALERT TO ALL PERSONNEL
Document Seq # = 26
Document Date = 01-JAN-1980
Scan Date = 02-MAY-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 30-MAY-1996