Some racing fuels are a methanol blend and some are 100 percent methanol.
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Methanol, MEG China has imposed punitive tariffs of 25% since June on U.S. methanol and MEG.
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Methanol, ethylene glycol (MEG) China imposed tariffs of 22018% on U.S. methanol and MEG in June this year.
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"Adulterated alcohol is usually methanol added to alcohol or just plain methanol, which is very, very toxic," Kobilinsky said.
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METHANOL, ETHYLENE GLYCOL (MEG) Imports of U.S. methanol in 2019 dropped to 113 tonnes, compared with 75,118 tonnes in 2018.
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The methanol plant is owned by Equinor and ConocoPhillips .
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Distillation helps separate the water, ethanol and methanol out based on their boiling points—ethanol has a boiling point of 173.1 degrees Fahrenheit, and methanol has a boiling point of 148.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
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The vessel was carrying a shipment of methanol, he said.
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To drink straight methanol is really a recipe for disaster.
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China is the world's largest consumer of methanol as a chemical feedstock, and CAS already operates an 8 billion yuan ($1.2 billion), 1.3 million-tpy plant in east China that makes olefins from methanol.
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The Front Altair is carrying naphtha and the Kokuka Courageous methanol.
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Astronomers have spotted the organic molecule methanol surrounding the icy moon.
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Adulterated liquor often contains methanol, which can make people feel inebriated.
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The ingredient was actually methanol, a toxic substance used in antifreeze.
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It's incredibly cold and the surface is covered in methanol ice.
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Identifying methanol poisoning can be challenging because the symptoms may closely resemble intoxication at first — and they do not show up until the methanol has been metabolized, often as long as 14 to 18 hours later.
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Salalah Methanol, founded in 2006, is owned 90 percent by state-run Oman Oil Co and 10 percent by Takamul Investment Co, and has a methanol production capacity of 3,000 tonnes per day, according to its website.
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DUBAI, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's SABIC said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with the Japan Saudi Arabia Methanol Company (JSMC), renewing its partnership in the Saudi Methanol Company (Ar-Razi) for another 20 years.
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The methanol-carrying Kokuka Courageous was in a stable condition, Boskalis said.
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Home distillation can concentrate the level of methanol, which is highly toxic.
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Methanol is a highly toxic version of alcohol, commonly used as antifreeze.
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"Maybe methanol also led to the origin of life," Dr. Prakash said.
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"It takes only twelve millilitres of methanol to go blind," he said.
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The Kokuka Courageous was carrying 25,000 tonnes of methanol, according to NHK.
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Of the gallons seized, 235 were found to contain lethal amounts of methanol.
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And ten other vessels around the world run on methane's chemical cousin, methanol.
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The ANP said it is removing and reprocessing the fuel with the methanol.
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Methanol can be purchased at specialty stores such as motorcycle or boating shops.
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If you or someone you know does consume methanol, seek medical attention immediately.
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The center's neighbors include a methanol plant and a liquified natural gas facility.
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The ingredient was actually methanol, a highly toxic substance often used as antifreeze.
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It said there was no fixed schedule for transfer of the methanol cargo.
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China imposed tariffs of 75.73% on U.S. methanol and MEG in June 2019.
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Country-made liquor often contains toxic methanol, which can make people feel inebriated.
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Boric acid + methanol + fire = BOOM Here's one science experiment you don't want to replicate.
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"It's a mixture of Mountain Dew and then methanol in racing fuel," she explained.
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That bottle was later found to contain a blend of liquid MDMA and methanol.
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Methanol poisoning typically occurs through the consumption of counterfeit or improperly produced alcohol products.
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China imposed tariffs of 217.3% on U.S. methanol and MEG in June this year.
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And then, they use a cold methanol extraction, where the flower is steeped in the methanol, going through a process that removes any terpenes (the organic compounds in the plant that are known to give it its distinct scents) they don't want.
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Hydrogen is one, but other compounds, such as ammonia or methanol continue to be considered.
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A gas terminal at Tjeldbergodden was also shut while the methanol plant is not operating.
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A trained teacher would have known there was no need for a jug of methanol.
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Methanol poising can cause confusion, dizziness, drowsiness, headaches and the inability to coordinate muscle movements.
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Also called methyl alcohol, methanol is commonly used in antifreeze, solvents, and other industrial chemicals.
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So far, we've learned that the primordial object contains methanol, water ice, and organic molecules.
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Methanol can make people feel inebriated, but even a very small amount can be toxic.
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Methanol poisoning can cause confusion, dizziness, drowsiness, headaches and the inability to coordinate muscle movements.
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It is coated with frozen methanol - a type of alcohol - and unidentified complex organic molecules.
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One shipment proved deadly because the alcohol in it was methanol, not the customary ethanol.
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If someone accidentally drinks methanol, they should contact Poison Control immediately to seek emergency medical assistance.
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In effect, methanol is methane (one carbon atom and four hydrogens) plus an atom of oxygen.
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Imports of U.S. methanol in 219.7 dropped to 211 tonnes, compared with 22019,225 tonnes in 75.73.
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While ethanol is the most widely used fuel in Brazil, methanol at times can be cheaper.
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Another major symptom of methanol poisoning is blurred vision, eventually leading to blindness in severe cases.
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CAS also wants to drive use of methanol as a transportation fuel for cars and ships.
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The Kokuka Courageous was carrying methanol, headed from the Saudi port of Al Jubail to Singapore.
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The F.B.I. ruled out methanol poisoning from alcohol for the deaths, the State Department spokesperson said.
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Health officials confiscated 30,303 bottles of alcohol and suspect the deaths were caused by methanol poisoning.
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He didn't know about methanol, he said, but he made a practice of never using tails.
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BEIJING, Nov 22 (Reuters) - * China's securities regulator said on Friday it had approved the launch of PTA, methanol, rapeseed meal, iron ore, and gold options * PTA and methanol options contracts will be launched on December 16, while rapeseed meal options contracts will start trading on Jan.
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The owner of the tanker, which carried methanol, later said it was hit by two "flying objects".
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The gases will then react to form methanol, an alternative fuel that can be used in cars.
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In 2012, at least 20 people died in the Czech Republic after they consumed methanol-laced liquor.
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The people thrilled to it, even when Mr. Cruz went deep on methanol subsidies and Medicaid expansion.
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As forensic scientist Lawrence Kobilinsky told the Cut, many of the victims' symptoms might suggest methanol poisoning.
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Methanol, added to counterfeit and bootleg alcohol to increase potency, can be deadly but hard to detect.
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Reports of unwitting tourists being served cheap methanol drinks in Indonesia and Bali have surfaced of late.
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The plant would produce methanol and nitrogen fertilisers, using gas from fields in Sakhalin island, VEB said.
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The death certificate identified "toxic fumes (paint thinner/methylene, chloride/methanol) exposure" as the cause of death.
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Methanol has been detected in the dust around young stars, before the dust has coalesced into planets.
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It can be used to create energy or to help churn out products such as methane or methanol.
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At least 18 people died in Cambodia's northeastern Kratie province last year after drinking methanol-tainted rice wine.
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The tanker was loaded with a cargo of methanol in Saudi Arabia and was en route to Singapore.
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Trinidad is also the world's largest ammonia exporter and a methanol powerhouse, according to IHS Global Insight data.
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Staff were evacuated from the site, Europe's biggest methanol plant, after an explosion on Wednesday caused the fire.
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Methanol is a toxic, synthetic chemical normally used in antifreeze that's also used, illegally, to create counterfeit alcohol.
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Methanex Corp jumped 9.9 percent to C$67.44 after the methanol supplier posted a sharp jump in profit.
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Methanex Corp jumped 26.42 percent to C$210 after the methanol supplier posted a sharp jump in profit.
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The teacher took some boric acid, put it in a beaker, then poured in methanol from a jug.
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The lethal bath oil in Irkutsk was contaminated with methanol, a related form of alcohol which is poisonous.
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According to the National Institutes of Health, as little as two tablespoons of methanol can kill a child.
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And other solar fuels like methanol or ethanol could be burned in today's gas engines, without any retrofitting.
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The team has been using these telescopes to pick up emissions of water vapor and methanol from distant sources.
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The students were outdoors watching an unidentified teacher demonstrate how to make colored flames using boric acid and methanol.
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LONDON (Reuters) - OCI has received takeover interest in its methanol group assets, the Dutch chemicals company said on Monday.
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Ethanol can prevent the body from metabolizing the methanol into deadly toxins, buying patients time for treatments like dialysis.
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Whether it's ultracapacitors, hydrogen, methanol, a combination of existing technologies or something completely different, it remains to be seen.
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Even a small amount of methanol is fatal, as it destroys the central nervous system, including the optic nerve.
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A short time later, the Kokuka Courageous, loaded with methanol from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, also called for help.
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The used oil is heated and mixed with methanol, altering the molecular composition to form a new substance: biodiesel.
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The victims had consumed scented bath lotion containing methanol, a cheap substitute for the ethanol in standard alcoholic beverages.
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Then Rosetta mission to 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko found abundant oxygen (02), ozone (03) and methanol scattered among the comet's ice.
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The remaining two have invented ways to turn the stuff into carbon monoxide or methanol, which are industrial raw materials.
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But rather than generating electricity, it would produce fuel — perhaps methanol, which could be burned directly or converted to gasoline.
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Unscrupulous sellers around the world often add methanol to alcohol to increase the amount of liquid sold and its potency.
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Racing fuel, which is used in drag racing, is made of methanol, a non-potable type of alcohol, says Seger.
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After the mass poisoning, investigators discovered that some bootleggers had produced a batch of boyaryshnik using methanol instead of ethanol.
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Bluestar's other business such as methanol and acrylic acid manufacturing are under pressure due to over-capacity, industry experts say.
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OSLO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Norway's Tjeldbergodden methanol plant remains shut following a fire there in December, operator Equinor said on Friday.
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The Ministry of Health advised against consuming alcohol from a number of brands because samples had tested positive for methanol adulteration.
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The doctor told CNN the four boys were in a group that purposely mixed the soda with methanol (instead of ethanol).
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It constantly monitors the air around you, measuring the amounts of harmful gases, VOCs like acetone, methanol, benzene, formaldehyde, ethanol, etc.
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Even in small quantities, methanol can cause serious health problems, blindness, and death for unwary vacationers who happen to drink it.
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Imports of U.S. methanol from January to November 2019 dropped to 109 tonnes compared with 75,118 tonnes in full-year 2018.
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Police suspect those who drank the liquor contracted "methyl alcohol poisoning" from "methanol that was added to the mixture," he added.
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Ethanol, the part of alcohol that's safe to drink, will burn blue, while methanol can burn green or orange, according to Lents.
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Methanol, the simplest form of alcohol, is closely related to ethanol, the type of alcohol normally found in spirits, beer and wine.
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The study also found that Arrokoth is rich in methanol ice, a simpler organic molecule, and surprisingly little, if any, water ice.
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The Costa Rican Health Ministry said alcohol tainted with methanol has caused the deaths of 20 people in Costa Rica since June.
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Converting CO2 into new materials has been a niche industry so far - making fertilizers, methanol and baking soda, for instance, said Extavour.
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Methanol is produced from natural gas, which Alberta has in abundance and that producers sell at some of the world's lowest prices.
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" Methanol, Seger tells PEOPLE, is extremely toxic: Even if someone had just a sip or two, "we'd send them to the hospital.
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A liquefied natural gas project proposed in Oregon was shelved last month, as was a methanol refinery plant in Tacoma, near Seattle.
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At least 19 people in Costa Rica have died from drinking alcohol tainted with methanol, the country's health ministry announced last week.
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Like alcohol, methanol can affect people differently based on size, body type, metabolism, and circumstantial factors, but unusual behavior shouldn't be ignored.
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"The byproducts of methanol metabolism cause an accumulation of acid in the blood (metabolic acidosis), blindness, and death," a CDC report said.
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When exposed to estrogen β-estradiol, the cells are engineered to spit out growth hormones, while methanol causes them to produce interferon.
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While processing alcohol, methanol is naturally produced, said Dr. George Koob, the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
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These were also a tiny part of China's total 2019 methanol imports at 22.50 million tonnes and MEG imports of 22.50 million tonnes.
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The companies include Salalah Methanol Co and a drilling company, Rumhy told reporters without naming the drilling firm or giving any financial details.
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These were also a tiny part of China's total 2019 methanol imports at 9.95 million tonnes and MEG imports of 9.03 million tonnes.
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Using the Rosetta Orbiter Sensor for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA), the scientists detected water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, ammonia, methane, and methanol.
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In 2014, 1,513 Indians died after imbibing toxic home brew—mainly as a result of lethal methanol unwittingly being manufactured rather than ethanol.
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At least 19 people have died after consuming alcohol tainted with methanol in Costa Rica, the country's health ministry said in an alert.
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Methanol exposure can be treated with a drug called fomepizole or, if that medication isn't available, by other means, including with regular alcohol.
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Dr Hajek said the current outbreak of serious lung disease is more like the methanol poisoning that occurs when contaminated alcohol is sold.
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In a conventional burial, the body is drained of blood and injected with formaldehyde, methanol, and other solvents that slow the decomposition process.
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A 16-year-old student at Beacon High School in Manhattan was badly burned when methanol fumes ignited during an experiment in 2014.
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The problems emerge when alcohol is distilled at home or on the black market without building in a system for removing the methanol.
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Together, synthetic liquid fuels (methanol, methane, dimethyl ether, and Fischer–Tropsch fuels) could use over 210 gigatons of CO2 a year by 2050.
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Ship-tracking data showed at least 10 cargoes of methanol had been shipped to China from Iran since the start of the year.
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This could suggest a discrepancy in the types of petrochemical products that were banned, such as methanol and fertilisers, the industry sources said.
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Methanol is a type of alcohol that's often used as an ingredient in antifreeze, paint thinner, shellac, and windshield wiper fluid, according to MedlinePlus.
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The Costa Rica Ministry of Health has issued a national alert after 19 people died from consuming alcohol tainted with toxic levels of methanol.
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The Marshall Islands-flagged Front Altair carrying naphtha and the Panama-flagged Kokuka Courageous carrying methanol have been evacuated and the crews are safe.
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"The byproducts of methanol metabolism cause an accumulation of acid in the blood (metabolic acidosis), blindness, and death," the CDC says on its website.
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Nineteen people have died under suspicious circumstances in Costa Rica since June 2 after drinking alcohol tainted with methanol, the country's health ministry said.
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Mr. Wojtal bought shares in petrochemical companies that exported urea, an element in agricultural fertilizer, and methanol, which is used in fuel and antifreeze.
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The country&aposs Food and Drug Administration has previously warned about the dangerous and prohibited use of methanol as an additive in home brews.
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The country's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has previously warned about the dangerous and prohibited use of methanol as an additive in home brews.
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The illegal varieties are often laced with methanol, a flammable liquid used as a fuel that can lead to blindness or death when ingested.
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The company said it couldn't provide any detail on when Europe's largest methanol plant, which has an annual capacity of around 900,000 tonnes, could restart.
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The WHO urges consumers to refrain from purchasing illegal alcoholic drinks, be aware of the symptoms of methanol poisoning, and to seek medical attention immediately.
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Duke's 25 percent equity investment in Saudi Arabian National Methanol Co will not be a part of the potential transaction, the company said on Thursday.
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Produced on a mass scale, sometimes using non-food ingredients such as methanol, these account for more than 80% of the alcohol consumed in Indonesia.
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Formula E is already a plenty good racing series, and it's just as exciting up close, even without all the engine noise and methanol fumes.
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Metafraks, a major methanol producer, has previously said that it is searching for financing for its new ammonia production plant to be built by 2021.
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The team's models predicted galactic abundances of water and two organic molecules, methanol and formaldehyde, both with and without the blasts of an AGN phase.
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In 2008, China set methanol levels for imports that allowed lower-quality 51 percent agave tequilas to enter, but forbade premium 100 percent agave tequilas.
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And one of the most intriguing discoveries about Arrokoth is that it's covered in methanol ice and unidentified complex organic molecules, according to the researchers.
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These were also a tiny part of China's total January-November 2019 methanol imports at 9.7 million tonnes and MEG imports at 9.03 million tonnes.
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In some methanol outbreaks, fatality rates have been as high as 30 percent, with as many as 800 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.
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Methanol, which can be burned as a fuel, is also known as "wood alcohol" because it was once commonly produced from the distillation of wood.
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But instead of embracing more typical approaches, like promoting nuclear or solar energy, Dr. Olah believed that the most promising alternative energy source was methanol.
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Methanol — which is typically found in antifreeze, varnishes, and fuels — is often added to counterfeit or informally made alcoholic drinks, according to the World Heath Organization.
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The plant accounts for more than 25 percent of Europe's production of methanol and has an annual capacity of around 900,000 tonnes, according to Equinor data.
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"By developing technology that automatically separates the methanol from the heads, we have significantly reduced the dangers inherent in distilling spirits," said CEO Dr. Bill Mitchell.
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Unscrupulous sellers often add methanol to alcohol to increase the amount of liquid sold and its potency, said Safeproof, a group that lobbies against counterfeit alcohol.
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Around the world, bootleggers add methanol to counterfeit booze (often in reused brand-name bottles) as a cheap way to increase the potency of their products.
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Blue chip Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) lost 0.3 percent, while Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co and Methanol Chemicals Co dropped 3703 percent and 1.7 percent, respectively.
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Automaker Geely Auto has led China's push to use methanol in cars, with one plant able to make 100,000 units a year in northern Shanxi province.
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Pure hydrogen is mostly used in oil refining and the production of ammonia, mainly for fertilizers, while mixed gases are supplied for methanol and steel production.
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The company is testing whether methanol fuel cells, which have no carbon emissions, could be used in the next generation of well pads, eliminating vented methane.
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Although it is not available in Russia, a drug called fomepizole is an antidote to methanol; it is not the case that there is no antidote.
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For decades people have argued that new technology will kill off demand for petroleum, whether in the form of biofuels, compressed natural gas, methanol, or hydrogen.
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Despite this latest development, whether or not alcohol laced with methanol was behind these mysterious and devastating deaths in the Dominican Republic still remains to be seen.
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Of the 10 Americans who have mysteriously died during their trips to the Dominican Republic in the last year, nine showed symptoms commonly associated with methanol poisoning.
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Of the 22018 Americans who have mysteriously died during their trips to the Dominican Republic in the last year, nine showed symptoms commonly associated with methanol poisoning.
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Cambodia's Health Minister Mam Bunheng said on Friday the tainted wine included above-normal quantities of methanol and urged people to stop consuming improperly made rice wine.
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The Marshall Islands-flagged Front Altair carrying naphtha and the Panama-flagged Kokuka Courageous carrying methanol have been evacuated and the crews were safe, shipping sources said.
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The harbour at which the explosion occurred is a terminal for combustible fluids such as naphtha and methanol that are important for BASF's supply of raw materials.
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Adding methanol to distilled spirits enables sellers to increase the amount of liquid and its potential potency, according to SafeProof, a group that lobbies against counterfeit alcohol.
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In 2012, at least 20 people were killed and dozens were sickened in the Czech Republic after alcohol tainted with methanol circulated in the Eastern European country.
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Firefighters said the accident appeared to have been fueled by methanol, but government investigators said on Friday that they were still seeking the cause of the explosion.
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One of the byproducts of fermentation, methanol, gets people just as drunk as normal alcohol — but lethally damages the liver, the optic nerve, and neurological and respiratory systems.
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Recently, a team of researchers at Cardiff University used ground-based telescopes to detect an "unexpectedly large" methanol signature in Saturn's second outermost ring, called the E ring.
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The two Italian companies said on Monday they signed a partnership agreement to develop and implement a new technology that transforms non-recyclable waste into hydrogen and methanol.
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A factory that can make 300,000 methanol-fueled cars a year is due online at end-2018 in southwestern Guizhou province, said Jin Xianyang, a senior Geely engineer.
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The proposed rules change would also result in a reduction of 106 tons a year for other hazardous chemicals, including toluene, methanol, xylene, hydrogen chloride, and methylene chloride.
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The deaths in June and July span the country, and most likely were caused by methanol poisoning, according to a statement the country's health ministry issued on Friday.
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Boskalis said the condition of the Front Altair tanker, carrying a cargo of naphtha, was still worrying, while the methanol carrying Kokuka Courageous was in a stable condition.
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"Mezcal is still illegal because they measure it and it has too much methanol—which is natural and its the way that they distill and it's OK," Lowder said.
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Production plants at planning stage or under construction could potentially add another 2 billion liters per year of ethanol, methanol, mixed alcohol and jet fuels, the report's authors noted.
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Lawrence Kobilinsky, a forensic science professor, told the New York Post the symptoms of some of the victims, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, were consistent with methanol poisoning.
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This gave some support to the Saudi market, where oil and gas and petrochemical companies posted significant gains, with Methanol Chemicals Co among the best performers, jumping 8.6 percent.
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Researchers aren't entirely certain why Enceladus is shrouded in a toxic booze haze—we explicitly told Enceladus not to chase Lime-A-Ritas with methanol, but here we are.
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Broadcaster Haberturk reported at the weekend that a man in the southern province of Adana had died from methanol poisoning, the twelfth such death in recent weeks in Adana.
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DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Methanol Chemicals Co (Chemanol) has refinanced total sharia-compliant debts worth 636.7 million riyals ($169.8 million), according to a bourse statement on Monday.
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Using various catalysts, CO2 can be made into a variety of chemical intermediaries — materials that then serve as feedstocks in other industrial processes, like methanol, syngas, and formic acid.
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M&G has said that the company's plans to possibly building a third methanol plant at its Geismar complex would be too risky without the help of a partner.
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The product usually contains ethanol, but this batch was found to have methanol or wood alcohol, which is used in antifreeze and can be lethal even in small amounts.
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EXPLOSION Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement said the Kokuka Courageous was damaged in a "suspected attack" that breached the hull above the water line while transporting methanol from Saudi Arabia to Singapore.
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Methanol, in case you forgot, is a highly toxic form of alcohol that can literally leave you blind—but after millions of years, we'd wager Enceladus' tolerance is pretty high.
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Saudi Arabia's index closed 2740 percent lower in the lowest traded volume since mid-October; second- and third- tier stocks were the chief movers, with Methanol Chemicals losing 20.5 percent.
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All were from illegally distilled alcohol, locally known as "oplosan," which can contain a variety of substances including methanol, medicinal alcohol, fruit extract and toxic substances such as mosquito repellent.
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Always produced without oversight, and at times by people with little skill or care, or in unsanitary conditions, homebrews risk contamination with distillation byproducts, like methanol, that careful distillers remove.
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He suggests automobiles in the U.S. have the ability to use more than one fuel, such as methanol or wood alcohol, so that when drivers fill up, they have a choice.
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Falih, who was in Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart, said Saudi companies were considering taking part in a methanol plant project in Russia's east, the Interfax news agency reported.
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The researchers cooled water, ammonia, and methanol to -195 degrees Celsius in a vacuum, then subjected their ice crystals to UV light to simulate the radiation output of a young star.
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The teacher, who has not been identified, mixed boric acid and methanol and tried to light it without success, Chief David Foster, with the Village Fire Department told CNN affiliate KPRC.
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Methanol, a chemical used in the refining, is recycled, and the company is trying to develop local markets for byproducts like glycerin and potassium salts, which can be used as fertilizer.
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The finalists are using "artificial photosynthesis" to produce methanol and syngas, converting CO2 and methane into biodegradable plastics, locking CO2 to limestone within concrete, and all sorts of other wild things.
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Using natural gas as a feedstock, STG+TM can produce valuable end products including high-octane gasoline, methanol and diluent, with future plans calling for the production of diesel as well.
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But the city's real heyday came during the energy crisis of the 1970s when fertilizer, methanol and other petrochemical plants moved to "the Hat" to take advantage of the affordable fuel.
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In a paper last year, he and his colleagues speculated that methanol was originally a basic ingredient that was converted into amino acids, nucleic acids and other building blocks of biology.
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CREW SAFE Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement said its tanker Kokuka Courageous was damaged in a "suspected attack" that breached the hull above the water line while transporting methanol from Saudi Arabia to Singapore.
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Transport consumption, though, is tiny compared with gasoline and diesel, with greater usage held up because national standards have not been set for methanol use and concerns over safety and tax issues.
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Due to a string of deaths attributed to beer with high concentrations of methanol, Fodor's is recommending that travelers be careful about their bar and resort selection in Mexico and Central America.
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Methanol could be on the surface of Arrokoth as a result of several possibilities, including a mixture of water and methane ice that was exposed to radiation via the sun's cosmic rays.
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Fomepizole, a methanol antidote often used in American emergency rooms, is not certified in Russia, and ethanol, which affects the metabolism of the poison, is only randomly available in its intravenous form.
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The FDA stressed the importance of proper fermentation and production of coconut wine to prevent poisoning and said it had repeatedly issued warnings to lambanog distillers over the drink's high methanol content.
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A 1.2 million-per-tonne methanol project and an LNG plant with 500 million tonnes of production capacity per year caught fire on Thursday night due to gas leakage, the company said.
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HULL BREACHED Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement said the Japanese tanker Kokuka Courageous was damaged in a "suspected attack" that breached the hull above the water line while transporting methanol from Saudi Arabia to Singapore.
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Shares in Wacker Chemie, which makes more than 3,000 chemicals products from methanol, ethylene, silicon and rock salt, were indicated down 3.7 percent to be at the bottom of Germany's mid-cap index.
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Consuming even a small amount of pure methanol can lead to pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs, and respiratory distress — two of the official causes of death listed for Day and Holmes.
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Other deep-water ports along the lower Columbia are also considering whether to accept facilities ranging from coal terminals to methanol refineries - but so far Portland has taken the strongest line against them.
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While the variety of the seized alcohol remains a mystery, manufacturers of tainted alcohol in other incidents have been known to mix in high levels of poisonous methanol or mixed in cheap sedatives.
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It was not clear what was in the concoctions; in the past, the authorities have blamed high levels of methanol — a simple alcohol used as an antifreeze and for biofuels — for contaminating drinks.
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At least four people were treated for methanol poisoning in a hospital in San Jose, the capital, and suffered from irreversible blindness and tremors, according to The Tico Times, a Costa Rican newspaper.
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Since 2010, at least 20 projects have been proposed in Oregon and Washington to handle and move coal, crude oil, methanol, propane or liquefied natural gas, but only a few have come to fruition.
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It was not clear if the victims had been poisoned by the formation of deadly methanol in the drink, or by an ingredient, one of which was known to be insect repellent, police said.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top coke producer Shanxi Coking will slash output for coke and some chemical products including tar and methanol during the coming winter months as part of Beijing's campaign against air pollution.
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Schaup-Werner was determined to have died of a heart attack, while several potential causes for Holmes and Day — including methanol poisoning from tainted alcohol — were ruled out by tests, the State Department said.
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The Philippine Food and Drug Administration said the lambanog tested positive for high levels of methanol, a type of alcohol that is toxic to the body, in some cases leading to blindness and death.
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Based on the optimistic high scenario, a few of the chemical pathways (polyol, urea, and methanol) are already cost-competitive, though their potential for CO20303 use is relatively small, close to a gigaton cumulatively.
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The government has previously said that supply to industry would be curbed, but Monday's announcement - covering makers of products such as chemicals, methanol and fertiliser - gives an indication of the targetted size of such cuts.
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Watch the video to see The Backyard Scientist mess around and burn different chemicals (like methanol, lithium, and boric acid) to showcase the different colors (like bright red and green) a fire tornado can be.
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Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways, announced a slew of measures for the automobile industry, including exemption of permit requirements for commercial vehicles running on alternative fuels like CNG, biofuels, ethanol and methanol.
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Rice wine sales were banned in Kompong Chhnang province, about 90 km (55 miles) from the capital, Phnom Penh, after villagers became sick from drinking methanol-tainted wine, said Sorin Tiravuthy, director of the provincial hospital.
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Bath lotion and other substances that contain ethyl alcohol are sometimes used as cheap stand-ins for regular alcohol in Russia, but this batch contained methanol, which is highly toxic and can be fatal when ingested.
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The harbor terminal at which the explosion occurred handles combustible fluids such as naphtha and methanol and remains closed for the time being, which means BASF is facing a shortage of raw materials needed for production.
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Wu Lebin, chairman of CAS Holdings, told Reuters last week the venture is part of a plan his company is leading to build a supply chain for methanol, potentially China's next alternative industrial and transport fuel.
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Initially, CEEC will begin with a 13,000-tpy plant, using ultra-low emission technology, Wu said, adding that methanol shipped from the U.S. West Coast will be cheaper than that produced in western China from coal.
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HPLC involves dropping the bud into a beaker of solvent such as methanol or chloroform, and running it through a pressurized column to isolate the mixture's components once the THC has been extracted into the solvent.
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Methanol poisoning from tainted alcohol was ruled out by the FBI in these cases during the toxicology screening, and it was not the finding in any other cases of U.S. citizen deaths investigated by Dominican authorities.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Methanex Corp, the world's largest methanol producer, said on Friday that it had reached a settlement with M&G Investments in which the Canadian company handed two board seats to its biggest investor.
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Damage assessment on Japan's Kokuka Courageous and preparation for ship-to-ship transfer of its methanol cargo would start after authorities in Sharjah, one of the UAE's seven emirates, complete security checks, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement said.
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The U.S. sanctions imposed in November banned purchases of Iranian petrochemical products which include "any aromatic, olefin, and synthesis gas, and any of their derivatives, including ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, xylene, ammonia, methanol, and urea".
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Gas stations don't have a lot of fuel options either—most stations only offer gasoline; methanol, hydrogen, or compressed natural gas pumps would require renovations so expensive that most gas station owners won't do it without grants.
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A fluid containing water blended with methanol and a pump conditioner, to prevent freezing and rusting, is pumped on a continuous closed loop between the bottom of the well and the surface, where the heat is extracted.
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"To comply with the output curtailment plans issued by the authorities, the company will keep coke and chemical recycle factories at low operating levels, and shut the tar processing and methanol sectors for maintenance," the statement said.
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When Rodney Marks, an Australian, died in 2000 at one of the bases — Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station — his body was flown to New Zealand for an autopsy, which concluded that he had died of methanol poisoning.
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While the November sanctions applied to petrochemicals as well, the four industry sources said there was a degree of ambiguity given the multiple types of products - including urea, ammonia and methanol - which allowed Iran to keep selling.
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UNDERCUTTING MARKET The U.S. sanctions imposed in November banned purchases of Iranian petrochemical products which include "any aromatic, olefin, and synthesis gas, and any of their derivatives, including ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, toluene, xylene, ammonia, methanol, and urea".
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Add some whiff of alcohol (methanol) to this mixture, paired with the vinegar-like aroma of sulphur dioxide and a hint of the sweet aromatic scent of carbon disulphide, and you arrive at the 'perfume' of our comet.
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It uses ultrasonic energy or "transesterification" — the conversion of a carboxylic acid (fatty acid) ester into a different carboxylic acid ester (methanol) — which occurs in actual barrels over time, using natural heat and movement as an energy source.
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The two vessels attacked south of the strait on June 13 were similarly not crude oil tankers, with the Kokuka Courageous transporting methanol and the Front Altair shipping naphtha, an oil product used to make gasoline and petrochemicals.
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Once a drink leaves your line of sight, it's a prime opportunity for someone to slip in dangerous and unwanted additive like methanol or even other drugs like rohypnol or GHB that can cause you to black out.
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The new ammonia, carbamide and melamine production plant will allow the company, which currently produces only one of the base components of synthetic resins - methanol - to become self-sufficient in raw materials, Garslyan told Reuters in an earlier interview.
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So that it doesn't freeze solid in sub-zero winter temperatures, windshield wiper fluid contains anywhere from 30 to 50 percent methanol: a highly poisonous alcohol that can cause everything from kidney failure, to blindness, to even death, if consumed.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Two "flying objects" damaged a Japanese tanker owned by Kokuka Sangyo Co in an attack on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, but there was no damage to the cargo of methanol, the company president said on Friday.
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SAO PAULO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Brazil regulator ANP on Monday temporarily shut down filling stations and fuel distributors in Rio de Janeiro state after agents found they were selling methanol, a banned fuel additive that is considered a health risk.
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TOKYO, June 14 (Reuters) - Two "flying objects" damaged a Japanese tanker in a suspected attack on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, but there was no damage to the cargo of methanol, the president of the shipping company said on Friday.
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Already, a December loan guarantee is backing a Louisiana project to convert petroleum-refining wastes into high-value methanol, with the resulting carbon dioxide pumped into Texas oil fields to enhance production and trapped deep underground to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Khalid al-Falih condemned the strikes against the tankers — one of which carried methanol from Saudi Arabia — in the Gulf of Oman, which followed an attack last month on four vessels, including two Saudi oil tankers, off the United Arab Emirates.
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According to SafeProof, a group which lobbies against counterfeit alcohol, illegal liquor can be deadly "when other liquids like rubbing alcohol or methanol are added to the distilled spirit," enabling sellers to increase the amount of liquid and its potential potency.
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It was one of the most gruesome accidents in a city school in recent years: a large fireball exploded when an experienced science teacher, Anna Poole, conducted an experiment intended to show how salts change color when exposed to methanol.
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FRONT PAGE An article last Sunday about the role that Russia's grinding recession played in the deaths of 72 people in the Siberian city of Irkutsk who drank what they thought was cheap vodka referred incorrectly to methanol, the poison.
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SABIC said on Tuesday it had agreed to acquire Japan Saudi Arabia Methanol Company's 249.45 percent stake in Arrazi Al Sagr Cooperative Insurance Co fell 21 percent after announcing the appointment of Talal Abdulaziz Fida as its acting chief executive.
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Illegal liquor can be deadly "when other liquids like rubbing alcohol or methanol are added to the distilled spirit," enabling sellers to increase the amount of liquid and its potential potency, according to SafeProof, a group that lobbies against counterfeit alcohol.
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The agency said in a statement that it detected methanol in BR Distribuidora filling stations run by the state-run oil company Petrobras, Royal-Dutch Shell Plc's stations run by joint-venture Raizen and partner Cosan and Ipiranga stations in the state.
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ST PETERSBURG, Russia, May 25 (Reuters) - A group of investors led by Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Japan's Marubeni have signed a memorandum on construction of a methanol plant in Russia's Ust-Luga port on the Baltic Sea, RDIF said on Friday.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's CAS Holdings, an investment arm of China's Academy of Science, is looking to put $2 billion into turning natural gas into methanol on the U.S. West Coast and shipping the fuel to Chinese factories and chemical makers, Chinese executives said.
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"Methanol poisoning from tainted alcohol was ruled out by the FBI in these cases during the toxicology screening, and it was not the finding in any other cases of US citizen deaths investigated by Dominican authorities," a State Department spokesperson told The Hill.
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BEIJING, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Oil and gas operator Guanghui Energy Co Ltd's liquefied natural gas project and methanol plant are temporarily shut after a fire mishap at the company's energy complex in Hami in western Xinjiang, the company said in a filing to the exchange.
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The response makes no mention, however, of multiple incidents reported in various media outlets that Mexican officials had, in other raids, seized hundreds of gallons of alcohol allegedly tainted with methanol, a toxic form of alcohol that is used in fuel, antifreeze, windshield wiper fluid and solvents.
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The Front Altair, flagged in the Marshall Islands and owned by Frontline, a Norwegian shipping company, was hauling a cargo of naphtha, an oil derivative, from Abu Dhabi; the Kokuka Courageous, registered in Panama and operated by the Japanese company Kokuka Sangyo, was laden with methanol.
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A chemist with a Ph.D. from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Nolasco works out of a laboratory where young technicians in lab coats test samples from hundreds of palenques , verifying proof and checking for levels of methanol and other volatile compounds in a gas-chromatography machine.
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The clearest sign of methanol poisoning is feeling more intoxicated than usual for the amount of alcohol you've consumedIf you start slurring and stumbling after one to two drinks when you'd typically feel only mildly tipsy, that's a warning sign, Canlar said, and you should seek medical attention.
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Water injection made another appearance in one of the first turbocharged production cars, the 1962 Oldsmobile Cutlass Turbo Jetfire, where, instead of the sophisticated antiknock sensors that are standard equipment in modern cars, a mixture of water and methanol was added to the air-fuel mixture to control combustion.
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The researchers at the Salk lab were able to conduct the initial phase of their research without obtaining the proper Schedule I registration, by working with only about a milligram of cannabinoids — chemical compounds found in the marijuana plant — from chromatography standards that are found in methanol, a toxic alcohol solution.
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Read more: 19 people have died after consuming alcohol tainted with methanol in Costa Rica"The only way to tell for sure is a lab test, and that's obviously just not possible in most cases," Kemal Canlar, the founder of SafeProof, an organization that tracks reports of counterfeit alcohol, told INSIDER.
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Kalama could also feed millions of industrial boilers under a government plan to cut down coal use, with Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region alone able to consume 10 million to 12 million tonnes of methanol a year , said Zhang Zhiyuan, chief scientist of Shenzhen Zhenghe Energy Co, a developer of boiler fuels.
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Large amounts of weapons could be seen ready for the final fight -- though few had the energy to carry it out -- with boxes, crates and trolleys filled with petrol bombs, as well as flammable chemicals apparently looted from a university lab, including methanol, ethanol, lighter fluid and various unidentified gas canisters.
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The YouTuber, operating under the name Sufficiently Advanced, used a mix of acetone, methanol and strontium chloride, as well as red tiki torch fuel, both delivered through a peristaltic pump triggered by a mechanism on the side of the helmet, mimicking the look of Cyclops when he delivers his beams of energy.
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Azerbaijan also produces methanol and other petrochemicals and plans to begin construction of a new petrochemicals plant in Turkey to produce various materials in partnership with British oil major BP at the end of 1.73, aiming to complete the project within three years, said BP and state-controlled Azeri oil and gas company SOCAR.
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