Question from Howard Herscovici
Hello,
Recently there was an incident in our area of some people getting very ill, and one person dying, from drinking punch that was stored in containers that had windshield wiper fluid.
It got me to thinking of the toxicity of this stuff that we spray all the time into the environment.
Does anyone having any stats on this? It would be interesting.
Wondering if anyone knows of a product, commercial or home-made, that does the job. I am up in Ontario and it gets pretty cold here, way below zero. So it can’t freeze. That might be the hard part.
Anyway, look forward to being part of this blog. There is a lot to learn.
Debra’s Answer
I think we’re going to need to figure this one out all together.
For those of you who are not aware of what windshield wiper fluid is made from, it’s methanol, a very toxic solvent (see Methanol Poisoning Overview). In addition to our own exposure, when we use methan
