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What solvents are poisonous?

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Some solvents are poison, some solvents are not poison.

Also it depends on the dose of the solvent you are exposed to that ultimately determines if something is poison, everything is poisonous at a high enough dosage!

Even water (the universal solvent, that life would be impossible without) is poisonous if you drink too much (I do not mean drowning). When you drink too much water the electrolytes in your body become so dilute that nerves and other cells can no longer communicate and you die of water poisoning!

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Methanol is a toxic solvent.

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