Editing Methanol (section)

====Other applications====
Methanol is used as a [[Denaturation_(food)|denaturant]] for ethanol, the product being known as ''denatured alcohol'' or ''methylated spirit''. This was commonly used during the [[US prohibition]] to discourage consumption of [[Moonshine|bootleg]]ged liquor, and ended up causing several deaths.<ref>{{cite web |last=Blum |first=Deborah |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2245188/ |title=The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition |website=Slate Magazine |date=19 February 2010 |access-date=10 June 2010 |archive-date=6 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806132641/http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2010/02/the_chemists_war.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

It is sometimes used as a fuel in alcohol lamps, portable fire pits and camping stoves.

Methanol is used as a [[solvent]] and as an [[antifreeze (coolant)|antifreeze]] in [[Pipeline transport|pipelines]] and [[windshield washer fluid]]. Methanol was used as an automobile coolant antifreeze in the early 1900s.<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1021/ie50257a020| title = Methanol Antifreeze and Methanol Poisoning| journal = Industrial & Engineering Chemistry| volume = 23| issue = 5| page = 551| year = 1931| last1 = Yant | first1 = W. P.| last2 = Schrenk | first2 = H. H.|author3=[[Royd R. Sayers|Sayers, R. R.]]}}</ref> As of May 2018, methanol was banned in the EU for use in windscreen washing or defrosting due to its risk of human consumption<ref>{{CELEX|id=32018R0589|text=Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/589 of 18 April 2018 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards methanol}}</ref><ref>{{CELEX|id=32018R0589R(01)|text=Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/589 of 18 April 2018 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards methanol}}</ref> as a result of [[2012 Czech Republic methanol poisonings]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Annex XV Restriction Report: Proposal For a Restriction Substance Name: Methanol – table D.1-4-page 79|date=2015-01-16|url=https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/78b0f856-3751-434b-b6bc-6d33cd630c85|access-date=2024-11-29|archive-date=2021-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526070242/https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/78b0f856-3751-434b-b6bc-6d33cd630c85|url-status=live}}</ref>

In some [[Sewage treatment|wastewater treatment plants]], a small amount of methanol is added to [[wastewater]] to provide a carbon food source for the [[denitrifying bacteria]], which convert [[nitrate]]s to [[nitrogen]] gas and reduce the nitrification of sensitive [[aquifer]]s.

Methanol is used as a destaining agent in [[polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis]].