Acetic Acid

Diethylene glycol is toxic to humans and animals, and death can occur by renal failure. The LD50 for small mammals has been tested at between 2 and 25 g/kg - much less toxic than its relative ethylene glycol, but still inappropriate for even minor consumption. Several poisonings have occurred when DEG is substituted for the non-toxic naturally occurring "triol" glycerine (HOCH₂CH(OH)CH₂OH, also called glycerol) in foodstuffs and pharmaceuticals.

Ethanol, 2,2'-[1,2-ethanediylbis(oxy)]bis-; triglycol; ethylene glycol dihydroxy-diethyl ether.

The simplest and most commonly used alcohols are methanol and ethanol. Methanol was formerly obtained by the distillation of wood and called "wood alcohol." It is now a cheap commodity, the chemical product of carbon monoxide reacting with hydrogen under high pressure.^{[citation needed]} Methanol is intoxicating but not directly poisonous.