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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Different types of alcohol, beverages contain ethanol which is safe for human consumption till a limit obviously. Disinfectants usually used isopropyl alcohol which isn’t safe for consumption.

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