From: peter@tsto.co.uk   
      
   On 19/07/16 01:50, jdmiller125@gmail.com wrote:   
   > But can breathing a small amount kill you? I was changing the coolant   
   > on an overheated car and the coolant compartment have a leak. So I   
   > continued to grab a glove to protect my hand from the heat of the   
   > radiator cap and unscrewed the cap. It released a major amount of   
   > pressure and Vapor in the air I stepped away. Though during the   
   > process I held my breath, but stepped away to finish letting the   
   > pressure out. But yeah I believe I inhaled a small amount in the   
   > process because shortly after I had a mild headache. So to the   
   > original question... am I going to die?   
   >   
      
   Yes, you are going to die. We all do. But it is unlikely that breathing   
   a small amount of ethylene glycol spray will kill you.   
      
   If you think you inhaled more than half an ounce of liquid, or if you   
   are feeling drunk, weird, depressed, get advice and/or treatment RIGHT   
   THE FUCK NOW.   
      
   It can take a few days to kill you.   
      
      
   However that is a whole lot to inhale. Deaths from inhalation of spray   
   in these circumstances are almost non-existent, as people cough etc.   
      
   A lungful of vapour won't kill you [1], it's the spray which counts.   
      
      
   One antidote for minor levels of poisoning, if you are stock in the   
   middle of nowhere with no support, is alcohol. Unfortunately, the   
   initial-24hour effects of ethylene glycol poisoning are similar to those   
   of alcohol. Drink lots of water too.   
      
      
   BTW, the correct way to ask that sort of question is to phone your local   
   hospital, who will either advise you themselves, or connect you to a   
   poisons helpline.   
      
   I strongly advise you to do that - otherwise I take no responsibility   
   for this posting.   
      
   Plus, any other advice in it is directed only to the OP, if you aren't   
   him, and in his exact situation, it will not apply to you.   
      
      
   - Peter Fairbrother   
      
   [1] well it can, in extremely rare circumstances, but you'd already be   
   dead. it's onions! [2]   
      
   [2] one of the nerve gases, I forget which, is said to smell like onions   
   in certain concentrations. Unfortunately, those concentrations are   
   sufficient to kill in seconds, So, how do we know what it smells like?   
      
   I don't know, but imagining: someone opens bottle, takes a sniff, cries   
   "Onions!", falls down dead ..   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)