Editing Ethanol (section)

== Safety ==
{{See also|Alcohol (chemistry)#Toxicity}}
Ethanol is very flammable and should not be used around an open flame.

Pure ethanol will irritate the skin and eyes.<ref>[http://www.nfpa.org/Assets/files/AboutTheCodes/704/CLA-AAA_ROPminutes_01-10.pdf Minutes of Meeting] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416230440/https://www.nfpa.org/Assets/files/AboutTheCodes/704/CLA-AAA_ROPminutes_01-10.pdf |date=16 April 2021 }}. Technical Committee on Classification and Properties of Hazardous Chemical Data (12–13 January 2010).</ref> Nausea, [[vomiting]], and intoxication are symptoms of ingestion. Long-term use by ingestion can result in serious liver damage.<ref name="msdset">{{cite web | url=http://msds.chem.ox.ac.uk/ET/ethyl_alcohol.html | title=Safety data for ethyl alcohol | publisher=University of Oxford | date=9 May 2008 | access-date=3 January 2011 | archive-date=14 July 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714040451/http://msds.chem.ox.ac.uk/ET/ethyl_alcohol.html | url-status=dead}}</ref> Atmospheric concentrations above one part per thousand are above the European Union [[occupational exposure limit]]s.<ref name="msdset" />