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If as little as 10 ml of pure methanol is ingested, for example, it can break down into formic acid, which can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve, and 30 ml is potentially fatal, [2] although the median lethal dose is typically 100 ml (3.4 fl oz) (i.e. 1–2 ml/kg body weight) of pure methanol. [3]
A survivor recounted the short timeframe of events: "We knew we hit something, and…all the kids got up in the aisle thinking we were gonna get off. And within 20 second you felt the heat come in the bus. You started hearing kids crying and screaming for their mom, panicking. That's when everybody started pushing on everybody to go one way."
Edema or alcohol-related liver cirrhosis (death certification) U.S. President: Ardashir Mirza: 1866 (aged 58–59) Tehran, Iran: Alcohol-related issues Prince, and governor Daniel Webster: 24 October 1852 (aged 70) Marshfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Alcohol-related liver cirrhosis: United States Secretary of State: Ranjit Singh
The fatal bus crash that left three high school band students and three adults dead may have been caused by traffic slowdowns related to another crash on I-70. Another crash occurred on I-70 early ...
2014 Traffic Deaths due to crashes involving drivers at or above 0.08 BAC [1]. Alcohol-related traffic crashes are defined by the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as alcohol-related if either a driver or a non-motorist had a measurable or estimated BAC of 0.01 g/dl or above.
Some effects of alcohol intoxication, such as euphoria and lowered social inhibition, are central to alcohol's desirability. [21] As drinking increases, people become sleepy or fall into a stupor. At very high blood alcohol concentrations, for example above 0.3%, the respiratory system becomes depressed and the person may stop breathing. [22]
You can’t drink alcohol in public spaces or outside of a licensed venue under California law, and you can only be drunk in public as long as you aren’t bothering other people.
1989 — the year of big hair. The first season of "The Simpsons" and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It’s also the last time the US government updated the health warning labels on alcohol. "The ...