do not drink propylene glycol, it is NOT the chemical you are thinking of.
i was gonna be a chemical engineer before i switched to electrical engineering, keeping all these chemicals straight can get difficult, probably why i switched to EE,
only one of theses related glycols can be "drank" the other three will put you in the hospital with varying prognosis depending on how much you have and how quickly you absorbed it.
-s
Polyethylene glycol:
This is the active chemical in a mixture of other things to prep. for colonoscopies.
PEG is the basis of a number of laxatives (e. g. macrogol-containing products such as Movicol and polyethylene glycol 3350, or SoftLax, MiraLAX, or GlycoLax). Whole bowel irrigation with polyethylene glycol and added electrolytes is used for bowel preparation before surgery or colonoscopy
Polypropylene glycol:
Do Not Drink, you will suffer accute toxicity.
used as a food additive, it is a colorless liquid that is odorless or has a mild sweet odor. May float or sink in water depending on chain length.
Propylene glycol:
Do Not Drink, you will suffer accute toxicity and kidney failure.
used as an organic solvent and diluent in pharmaceuticals and many other industrial applications.
Propylene glycol is used as a solvent for intravenous, oral, and topical pharmaceutical preparations It is generally considered safe. However in large doses it can be toxic, especially if given over a short period of time.
Ethylene Glycol (traditional anti-freese):
Do Not Drink, you will suffer accute toxicity and kidney failure.
colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.
