Acetaldehyde
February 21, 2007
It’s a very, very bad thing.
I’m a regular reader of New Scientist, it’s possibly my favourite magazine - it’s fantastic! Last week’s was no exception. One article was particularly interesting and shocked me a little bit. I discovered that this thing called acetaldehyde (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetaldehyde) is very nasty. Acetaldehyde basically is produced by your liver as it breaks down ethanol and causes, among other things, the infamous “hangover”. But there is so much more to it. If you drink, smoke or have bad dental hygiene read on…
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