Why can’t we drink industrial ethanol diluted to, say, 15%, but we can drink ethanol made from yeast?

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Why can’t we drink industrial ethanol diluted to, say, 15%, but we can drink ethanol made from yeast?

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Industrial Ethanol is not pure. It has been deliberately contaminated by the government with various compounds to render it toxic to humans. This was a part of enforcing prohibition that has continued into modernity.

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