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Time to Strike Antifreeze Off Your List of Usable Poisons

Reactions is a show that uncovers the chemistry all around us. We answer the burning questions you’ve always wanted to ask, blending the worlds of science and every-day life.

Time to Strike Antifreeze Off Your List of Usable Poisons

Season 8 Episode 21 | 10m 34s | CC

Ethylene glycol is the most common ingredient in automotive antifreeze. But for years it was used in homicidal poisonings. What made this household chemical so dangerous? And why is it no longer a viable poison?

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