Rubbing alcohol is known as isopropyl alcohol (C 3H 8O); it is one of the more useful of the commercial alcohols, included in hand lotions and many cosmetic items as well as in antifreeze or deicer products. A 70 percent solution has more germicidal...

Rubbing alcohol, U.S.P. / B.P. is a liquid prepared for topical application prepared from specially denatured alcohol and containing 68.5-71.5% vol./vol. of absolute (ie. 100%) ethyl alcohol. Individual manufacturers can use their own "formulation...

Q. I use rubbing alcohol on my feet after taking a bath. Lately, I've started wondering whether this chemical gets into the body to any significant degree and what its possible toxic effects are, if any. A. Small amounts of rubbing alcohol, also...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] UK and Australian researchers have called for increased security of alcohol hand rub dispensers following reports of more than double the cases of ingestion and eye contact since their widespread introduction in health care facilities. The study of toxicology...

Talib Kweli and Broadway composer Zane Mark, along with West and Common, have helped pay for a massive tractor trailer that will lug donated goods from the site of Powell's event (New York City's Canal Room) to Clairborne County Health Center in Port Gibson, Mississippi....

In front of a shuttered Chinatown store, artist Nate Hill rummaged through a pile of trash, fishing for the tools of his craft in someone else's garbage."Oh, look, a flounder!" he said, as he dug in one bin wearing blue surgical gloves and drew out...