denatured alcohol wipes with methanol -- should I worry?

[viscount]

I recently had bought a disinfectant surface cleaner wet wipes.

 

The ingredients said it was denatured alcohol 70.0, and that the denatured alcohol contained ethanol, methanol and one more methyl based chemical. There were other ingredients as well.

 

I do not know the percentage of methanol within the denatured mixture, but I am supposing the worst case scenario is that it is %50.

 

I used the wipes to clean a tabletop, and my hands were constantly wet and in contact with the wipes.

 

The label itself did not instruct to wear gloves, however it did warn that the wipes were not for, "cleaning skin".

 

I had no percutaneous injuries, or wounds on my hands (other than mildly dry skin), but I wanted to ask experts about whether or not methanol could have gotten in my system?

 

Thank you

[insane_alien]

as long as you aren't eating them or covering yourself in them when you go to sleep you'll be fine.

 

yes, methanol is toxic, but it still requires a fair amount to do any damage. you could probably ingest all the methanol in the pack and not suffer any illness. not saying i recommending doing it though. if you did that on a regular basis it probably would lead to some symptoms.

[hermanntrude]

if you do happen to ingest any methanol, the first thing to do would be to get roaring drunk

[John Cuthber]

Hermanntrude's post refers to the fact that methanol is a lot less toxic in the presence of ethanol.

Unless you plan to distill theses wipes and drink the product or you plan to spend all day every day swabbing stuff with them you don't have anything to worry about.