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Killers in our paint!
The SA Paint Manufacturing Association (SAPMA) has expressed deep concern
about the potentially lethal effect of methanol, which is freely available in lacquer
thinners as well as other products sold in hardware stores.
Terry Ashmore, chairman of SAPMA, said
at the association’s recent annual general
meeting in Sandton, that he personally had
already experienced seven fatalities and
21 cases of poisoning resulting from the
misuse of methanol, which is used as a lowcost solvent in the coatings industry.
“Drinking just a quarter cup of methanol
as substitute for alcohol can be enough to
prove fatal – and the young particularly are
tempted to consume it. Such cases are often
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