Propylene glycol, also called 1,2-propanediol or propane-1,2-diol, is an organic compound (a diol or double alcohol) with formula C3H8O2 or HO-CH2-CHOH-CH3. It is a colorless, nearly odorless, clear, viscous liquid with a faintly sweet taste, hygroscopic and miscible with water, acetone, and chloroform.
Propylene glycol is used:
- As an ingredient in the oil dispersant Corexit, used in great quantities during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- To deice aircraft wings and empennage
- As a solvent in many pharmaceuticals, including oral, injectable and topical formulations (notably, diazepam, which is insoluble in water, uses propylene glycol as its solvent in its clinical, injectable form)
- As a humectant food additive, labeled as E number E1520
- As an emulsification agent in Angostura and orange bitters
- As a moisturizer in medicines, cosmetics, food, toothpaste, shampoo, mouth wash, hair care and tobacco products
- As a carrier in fragrance oil
- To produce polyester compounds
- As a base in deicing solution
- As an ingredient in massage oils
- In hand sanitizers, antibacterial lotions, and saline solutions
- In smoke machines to make artificial smoke for use in firefighters' training and theatrical productions
- In electronic cigarettes, as a vaporizable base for diluting the nicotine liquid
- As a solvent for food colors and flavorings
- As an ingredient, along with wax and gelatin, in the production of paintballs
- As a moisture stabilizer (humectant) for snus (Swedish style snuff)
- As a cooling agent for beer and wine glycol jacketed fermentation tanks
- As a nontoxic antifreeze for winterizing drinking water systems (for example recreational vehicles), and in applications where the used antifreeze eventually will be drained into the soil, water, or a septic system
- As a less-toxic antifreeze in solar water heating systems
- As a solvent used in mixing photographic chemicals, such as film developers
- In cryonics
- As a working fluid in hydraulic presses
- As a coolant in liquid cooling systems
- To regulate humidity in a cigar humidor
- As the killing and preserving agent in pitfall traps, usually used to capture ground beetles
- As an additive to pipe tobacco to prevent dehydration
- To treat livestock ketosis
- As the main ingredient in deodorant sticks
- As an ingredient in UV or blacklight tattoo ink
- As a lubricant in air conditioning compressors
- As a wetting agent, used to determine drying time in paints and coatings
- Used in the beverage mixer Sweet N Sour.
Frankly, I will pass on voluntarily putting this in my body....
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10 comments:
It's nasty to the taste also. Kids suckered me into buying it one time. VM
O jeez, I am sitting here with a half empty bottle now after drinking their black cherry one in it.. then I Google it, and Google bottled water. Seems 40% of all bottled water is straight from a tap and not even extra filters and not regulated as city water is. U cud be drinking one that was bottled next to a landfill or waste dump. Yeah, I think I will just fill up from Baytown water....jeez BP
In this months water bill, you can read the 2011 water report. Baytown has superior clean water. I've always asserted that and its true. Hook up a filter and run Baytown's water through it if it makes you feel better and you will have water as good as anything you can buy.
Like wine.... if you drink several bottles you will yack. But if you stick with a glass or two it is healthy. ;) JB
I like it and it is 0 calories. TB
Propylene glycol....isn't that anti freeze? Can't be good for you.... KC
Wow I had no idea. Thank you so much for writing this. I will pass this onto my family and friends!
From, a college student who used to love MIO....
FDA thinks it's "generally recognized as safe." Not too sure how much good that does you, but in high school my auto tech teacher showed us the two types of coolant: *propylene glycol and ethylene glycol. Sooo.... Probably would not want to drink engine coolant...
cited: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/substances/toxsubstance.asp?toxid=240
further reading:
http://www.naturalnews.com/023138_propylene_glycol_products_natural.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylene_glycol
Amazingly, there is a PG website:
http://www.propylene-glycol.com/
Just figured more info might help the discussion. Then again, i did just get all this thru google, so i guess anyone who actually cares enough to properly research it could jfgi.
Ethylene glycol is used primarily in antifreeze. Propylene glycol is used as a deicer for airplanes simply because it has a lower freezing temperature and because it is not toxic to humans
Thanks. Mio Sweet Tea messed me up! I thought it was cool because no calories, caffiene or carbonation- and used it to flavor water all the time! Well I was slowly point in go myself with the large doses. I had swelling C in leg as and belly and feet pretty bad and took a while before reacting it to the Mio. I stopped and the swelling went away in a day. Half the propelene glycol is excreted and the other half breaks down and leave lactic acidosis. Pretty sure what I had was Metabolic Acidocis as a result. This product is owned by one of the big 4 food companies (Kraft, ConAgra etc) and of course they are all trying to kill us slowly to show their shareholders good numbers. Thanks for the article.
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