Protection by ethanol against the toxic effects of monofluoroethanol and monochloroethanol

Abstract
Ethanol protects rats and monkeys against fatal doses of monofluoroethanol and monochloroethanol. In rats treated with ethanol the LD50 for fluoroethanol was found to be more than 20 times that in unprotected animals, for chloroethanol it was about 4 times greater. In monkeys too, the lethal effects of these compounds are diminished by treatment with ethanol.