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Explain why, methanol is much more dangerous to drink than ethanol.

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Unlike ethanol, intake of methanol in very small quantities can cause death. It is oxidised to methanal in the liver which reacts rapidly with protoplasm and coagulates it. Methanol also affects the optic nerve, causing blindness.

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