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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Ethyl Alcohol, or ethanol (C2H5OH), is the type used in the production of alcoholic beverages. The other three types, methyl, propyl and butyl alcohol, if consumed can result in blindness and death, even in relatively small doses.

Source: https://www.drugs.com/alcohol.html

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