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minus-squareRedSnt 🧩♂️👓🖥️@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up24·edit-219 days agoTrue, but that’s straight Johnnie Walker’s red label whisky, 40% alcohol ought to kill any germs getting flushed down her gullet.
minus-squareEtherWhack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·19 days agoDon’t you need ≥60% for ethanol to even be effective? Like to actually denature the pathogen.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·19 days agoFor food safety standards probably. For an otherwise healthy person it’s probably good enough.
minus-squareRedSnt 🧩♂️👓🖥️@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 days agoIt’s a good point. And a quick search gave 60% or higher if one wanted to really sterilize. Apparently below that it depends on the strain of bacteria and how sensitive they are to alcohol.
True, but that’s straight Johnnie Walker’s red label whisky, 40% alcohol ought to kill any germs getting flushed down her gullet.
Don’t you need ≥60% for ethanol to even be effective? Like to actually denature the pathogen.
For food safety standards probably. For an otherwise healthy person it’s probably good enough.
It’s a good point. And a quick search gave 60% or higher if one wanted to really sterilize. Apparently below that it depends on the strain of bacteria and how sensitive they are to alcohol.