From: peter@tsto.co.uk   
      
   On 19/07/16 16:53, Peter Fairbrother wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Note especially - the drinking lots of water is for inhaled ethylene   
   glycol, after 12+ hours, and not for swallowed ethylene glycol!!!   
      
      
      
      
   > 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 ..   
   >   
      
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