alcohol

The supply chain of bathtub gin and bootlegging

Prohibition might have made the production and sale of alcohol in the United States illegal, but that doesn’t mean Americans put down the bottle. The supply chain for alcoholic beverages flourished during the ban but in a completely different way.

Join Deputy Editor Brielle Jaekel and fellow FreightWavesTV host Mary O’Connell on this week’s episode of Tracks Through Time as they go back in time to Prohibition and see what it was like to make alcohol with regular household ingredients.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-supply-chain-of-bathtub-gin-and-bootlegging

How Much Alcohol Does NASA Allow in Space?

NASA has been carrying out many missions throughout history. Astronauts, when hundreds of kilometers from Earth, must carry a series of very important restrictions in terms of diet, among which it is worth noting the non-intake of alcohol. And no, it is not because drunken events have occurred in the past that could tarnish the reputation of the US body. In fact, experiments with alcohol and derivatives have been carried out, but not to be able to drink the drink on the International Space...

https://mfame.guru/how-much-alcohol-does-nasa-allow-in-space/

Was 18th Century Shipwreck A Floating Gin Palace?

Russian scuba divers spot hundreds of glass bottles of gin and other spirits from an enigmatic 18th-century shipwreck discovered in the Baltic Sea two years ago, says an article published in Diver Net.

Artefacts from 18th century shipwreck 

Glass bottles are among the first artefacts to have been raised by Russian scuba divers from an enigmatic 18th-century shipwreck discovered in the Baltic Sea two years ago.

Specialists from the Underwater Research Centre of the Russian Geographical Society...

https://mfame.guru/was-18th-century-shipwreck-a-floating-gin-palace/

A To Z of Methanol Poisoning and How Sanitizers Fuel It

As Sanitizers become the norm of the day in this pandemic world, severe cases poisoning and deaths related to sanitizers are surfacing.

Many were comatose, and those who were conscious had bouts of nausea, vomiting, and hyperventilation. Scarier still, some experienced kidney failure and vision problems. According to a National Geographic report, that’s how the severe the problem is

Methanol Poisoning

When these patients began trickling into emergency rooms at hospitals across Iran in late...

https://mfame.guru/a-to-z-of-methanol-poisoning-and-how-sanitizers-fueling-it/

Artemis fatality Investigation report: Clear drug, alcohol policy defines acceptable limits, saves lives

In its latest investigation report UK MAIB focuses on a fatal incident concerning a skipper onboard a UK-registered fishing vessel ‘Artemis’ who fell head-first through an access hatch between the vessel’s wheelhouse and its mess deck 2.1m below, resulting to severe head injuries and died. The report notes that a significant factor of the accident was that the skipper was under the influence of alcohol.

The Incident

On April 27 the fishing vessel Artemis, having sailed from Fraserburgh called...

https://safety4sea.com/artemis-fatality-investigation-report-clear-drug-alcohol-policy-defines-acceptable-limits-saves-lives/

Fatal fall onboard attributed to alcohol

Transport Malta’s MSIU issued an investigation report on the fatal fall of the second engineer onboard the general cargo ship MV Khosrov Bey while underway in November 2018. The investigation noted the high level of alcohol may have impaired his cognition or caused poor coordination.

The incident

At noon time on 03 November, the chief engineer, the third engineer, the electrical engineer, and one motorman were all in the engine control room.

The second engineer was making his way down to the...

https://safety4sea.com/fatal-fall-onboard-attributed-to-alcohol/

Master drinks alcohol, results to vessel hitting mooring dolphins

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an accident report according to which on December 30, 2018, the passenger vessel Nippon Maru struck mooring dolphins at a US Navy fuelling wharf in Apra Harbor, Guam, revealing that the master had consumed alcohol before and after the accident.

The Incident

About 0645 on December 30, the Nippon Maru arrived in Apra Harbor for a daytime port call and was berthed port side to wharves F-4 and F-5 in the harbor’s commercial port.

The vessel was...

https://safety4sea.com/master-drinks-alcohol-results-to-vessel-hitting-mooring-dolphins/

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