The end of AFD racing???

With our health interests in mind, could the federal government mandate the end of fuel classes in drag racing? From The Report on Carcinogens prepared by the National Toxicology Program of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences under the category of "reasonably anticipated" carcinogens:

Nitromethane is used in specialized fuels, explosives, and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals. It is listed as "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen" based on evidence that it causes cancer in experimental animals

NIEHS: List of Cancer-Causing Agents Grows
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Enjoy the sound of fuel racing while you still can -- but don't get rid of your BAD combos just yet...

 

Methanol can cause permanent blindness when breathed, ingested, or passed through the skin. Exposure to high concentrations can cause death. A coma resulting from massive exposures may last as long as two to four days.

Because of the slowness with which it is eliminated by the human body, methanol should be regarded as a cumulative poison.

Continude exposure can damage the liver and cause headaches, cardiac depression, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, dizziness, a feeling of intoxication, and irritations of the eyes, nose, mouth, and throat. Repeated or prolonged contact can cause dryness and cracking of the skin. It is a violent poison; many cases of blindness or death have been caused by drinking mixtures containing it.

Fuels aren't for drinking but as we know, we often clean out the fuel pipes by sucking out the fuel that is left in the pipes when it gets contaminated with water. That practice should be stopped as from when you read this article as far as I am concerned as this is very important and this warning should not be dismissed too casually.

Toddlers who accidentally get into that can of methanol stored in the garage are, or would be, especially vulnerable. Given their small body weight, a tablespoon could kill. Also, methanol symptoms are latent, and by the time they are recognised treatment that includes hospitalization and kidney dialysis may be too late.

A Doctor has stated that hospitalization is not required for accidental ingestion of small quantities, and that accidental small doses of methanol can be treated by drinking fruit juice. They also say that ethanol is used as an antidote for methanol but that is something I could not find more information on.

Well, I hope this article has been informative for you and will help in changing the way you work with your fuel to ensure you can have many years of safe pleasant racing in the future

My cousin could not belive that I used this fuel without gloves on. He is a Bio everything type of person.

 

NHRA is killing a-fuel quicker than the gov. ever could

 

If Nitro goes By-by, so does Drag racing!