How dangerous is it for humans to drink petrol? (gasoline)?

Question

I know the first reaction is that it's deadly, (it isn't) so if you have real data, I'd love to hear it. Many thanks.

Answer 1

Dont know.  Cant be too healthy.  I knew a kid who had ingested gasoline at some point.  I think he had his stomach pumped.  He wasnt all there mentally, but if that was the gasoline I dont know.  He probably wasnt before the gasoline or he wouldnt have drunk it.

Answer 2

Why would anyone be stupid enough to want to drink gasoline!? I mean, it's sooooo expensive these days!

Answer 3

It will kill you if you drink it, but to get rid of the poison, you need to drink charcoal

Answer 4

Yes, gasoline ingestion is toxic.  See the below site.

Toxic Dosage

(for 70 kg adult human)

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Gasoline 115-470

Diesel Fuel 63

Methanol 60-240

Ethanol

Specific problems:

"According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers

(AAPCC), about 35,000 incidences of gasoline ingestion are

reported annually in the United States. Most of them are a result

of attempted siphoning from gasoline tanks. Gasoline is toxic if

ingested in moderate quantities. Ingestion of even small amounts

(5 to 10 ml) of gasoline may cause a burning sensation in the

mouth, throat, and chest, and intense irritation and burning in the

gastrointestinal tract with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal

pain. Ingestion of 27 - 40 nil of gasoline will result in more serious

symptoms including central nervous system depression, headache,

dizziness, drowsiness, fever, and transient liver damage. Severe

intoxication may cause unconsciousness and comma or convulsions

with seizures. Fatal dose estimate for the average adult range from

115-180 ml to 470 ml, but death has been reported at a dose as low

as 13 ml. The fatal dose for children is 13 to 20 nil. Gasoline is

even more hazardous if aspirated into the lungs following

regurgitation or belching. Once in the lungs, even small amounts

may cause severe chemical pneumonitis, and death from lung

insufficiency. Gasoline vapor is considered by the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to be a human carcinogen

(with 68 incidences in 1986), and is suspected of causing various

other chronic effects. [21 In addition, gasoline vapor contains

benzene, a group of human carcinogens which was estimated to cause 155 cancer incidences in 1986. [3] Gasoline’s threshold limit

value (TLV) of 300 ppm and short term exposure limit (STEL) of

500 ppm were set by EPA at least in part to protect against the

cumulative toxic effects of benzene. "