At the risk of starting something I feel that I must point out that
conventional antifreeze (ethylene glycol I think) is toxic. At least to
household pets. Dogs and cats love to drink the stuff and it will kill
them. I have a friend who is a small animal vet and he gets a cat or dog
with antifreeze poisoning very frequently. Be very careful what you do
with the stuff. If a container is left open outside you can be almost
certain that a local pet will drink it. Apparently it is sweet tasting. I
bet a rug rat would do the same. It is easily recycled, but I have trouble
finding anyone who does it. I think (but not sure) that the public sewer
is OK as long as no animals can get to it.
Sam
At 12:13 PM 6/11/1999 -0700, Randall Young wrote:
>
>It's a glycol, but not Ethylene glycol. I've found references claiming
>it's Propylene glycol (which I doubt), Polyalkylene Glycol Ether, and
>Hexylene Glycol aka 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol .
>
>All of the glycols are normally produced from crude petroleum, and so
>qualify as 'petroleum products', but most of them aren't very toxic. They
>also bio-degrade fairly easily. Propylene glycol is actually used in many
>hand lotions, etc. and in anti-freeze for drinking water systems (like my
>motor home).
>
>Randall
>
>On Thursday, June 10, 1999 8:55 PM, Brian Furgalus
>[SMTP:triumph.tr7@usa.net] wrote:
>>
>> I believe that (standard DOT 3-4) fluid is mainly Ethelyne Glycol, or
>> antifreeze, so follow similar disposal routines. Even Silicone is not
>> petrolium based.
>>
>> As always,
>> Brian
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