How much Listerine do you have to swallow for it to be lethal?!


Question:

How much Listerine do you have to swallow for it to be lethal?

Just doing a school project. I know it varies depending on body mass, but on average.

I'm suprised i couldn't find this question answered.

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3 months ago
One person has beleived that i intend to swallow mouthwash, and that it isn't a school project. It is. I have no intention of swallowing mouthwash. We simply have to write up some information on our choice of dangerous household chemicals. Regular uses, why it's dangerous, and treatment in the case of emergency.

Part of my First Aid certification. My high school offers the course as a credit.

Don't be so quick to jump the gun next time. Not all of us want to kill ourselves.


Answers:

Listerine is approximately 25% alcohol, or 50 proof. The alcohol, as we know, is poisonous to all organisms. The amount would depend upon your weight, how much and what you had eaten, your tolerance to alcohol (alcoholics may be able to withstand more), whether you are male or female, and how long you took to drink it.

When the alcohol concentration in your blood reached a weight to volume ratio of 0.30 mg/liter or higher, you could die. Some have survived with concentrations exceeding 0.45mg/liter.




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