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I got some radiator fluid in my mouth and may have swallowed a little should i be worried ?
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Ethylene glycol: Radiator fluid is highly toxic, but not until it is metabolized in the liver, which occurs in 1-4 hours after ingestion. Best treatment is accomplished by attacking the metabolic enzyme in the liver (one strategy is to consume this enzyme by giving alcohol, which binds to it with more strength than ethylene glycol). Your ingestion was minimal, but impossible to know if toxic without blood tests.
Answered 5/10/2015
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