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Chemistry for the day: Gasoline as disinfectants

This is really my response to a current local issue where someone thought it was a good idea to use gasoline as disinfectants and even claim that the small remark was not a joke recently. It's also a reason why some of my relatives actually used gasoline to disinfect their stuff. it bothers me to no end. Being sprayed with diluted bleach is fine somehow (as much as it's also not a good idea because the chlorine in it really might actually destroy your cells) but then being sprayed with diluted gasoline is really something I never want to experience in my life. So of course it goes without saying that yes, given the chemical composition of gasoline, it can be used as a disinfectant,sure they even promote the use of this in provinces but that doesn't mean that it's safe to use. As much as it can kill the virus, bacteria or microbe that infect your skin, it can also kill your cells too

As outdated as the source of this is, I've highlighted the ones that the human body can't tolerate. amines are basically nitrogen containing compounds, they make up your proteins but exposure to that much protein will eventually cause your cells to either deform or die. toluene is mostly used in pain thinners and that can act as a carcinogen (cancer causing agent) or as something that can make you infertile, same with benzene (although this is actually used as a strong disinfectant). Aside from those compounds, gasoline contains around 500 organic compounds but its main component being octane, heptane, butane and propane. If you look back at the image, it also says that it contains alcohols like isopropyl alcohol, ethanol (these 2 are what's used in the rubbing alcohol). methanol, t-butyl alcohol and other long chain alcohols, yes it does but it still doesn't make it safe because of the 500 other compounds in there that can really damage your cells. and just because they're alcohol doesn't mean the body can tolerate its usage and toxicity. thus the reason why only ethyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol are the only ones sold in the market **Ethyl alcohol/ethanol** or sometimes food alcohol, was originally the kind of rubbing alcohol being sold before. and although ethanol is called the food alcohol, the one used in rubbing alcohol solutions are denatured, so they are the kind of ethanol you can't consume anymore. However, because of the existence of alcoholism and the fact that alcoholics under rehabilitation eventually began consuming this alcohol due to withdrawal symptoms, leading to ethanol poisoning. **Isopropyl alcohol** usage was increased because of that, mostly in hospitals at first. aside from the humorous reason for promoting isopropyl alcohol, it is actually a way better disinfectant than ethyl alcohol, given the difference in the molecular structure

And the fact that i's more acidic than ethanol, which also contributes to how it helps kill germs

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