Guaranteed not to contain any chicken jizz

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While at Mother's Market (local health food nut store) today I was browsing around in the My Abdomen Hurts section for charcoal, which I found. I also found all the other stuff that may or may not make one's abdomen stop hurting: licorice root, ginger, dragon's foot oil, chelated monkulare niblets, etc. One of these products was listed as being contained in "hexane-free caplets".

Okay. Hexane is what we usually call "gasoline". Who the fuck puts gasoline in their medicines? Is this some health food store nutcase fear, or should I be concerned that the Tylenol or the K-Y Jelly or the inferior-brand Daily Vitamins I'm guzzling have Chevron Mid-Grade in them?

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Oy....

[magyarok-saman.livejournal.com]

http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/H2381.htm

Emergency Overview
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DANGER! EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE LIQUID AND VAPOR. VAPOR MAY CAUSE FLASH FIRE. HARMFUL OR FATAL IF SWALLOWED. HARMFUL IF INHALED. CAUSES IRRITATION TO SKIN, EYES AND RESPIRATORY TRACT. AFFECTS THE CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS.


Makes me wonder what sort of damage "fire breathers" get, over time...

Hugs,
L

Re: Oy....

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Well, if a fire breather used hexane, he or she would be fatally damaged right away. Gasoline is incredibly dangerous. Don't they use alcohol?