Why is it toxic to ingest alcohol from disinfectants but we can drink alcoholic beverages?

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I’ve been digging on the Alcohol matter for like an hour and i’m still confused. As i understood is the same type of alcohol they use for cleaning and for drinking.

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Alcohol in disinfectants is denatured (poisoned) so manufacturers don’t have to pay excise taxes on it the way they would if the alcohol were drinkable.

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