Exaggeration of health risk of congener alcohols in unrecorded alcohol: does this mislead alcohol policy efforts?

Affiliations

¹ Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Karlsruhe, Weissenburger Strasse 3, 76187, Karlsruhe, Germany. Electronic address: Lachenmeier@web.de.
² Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Karlsruhe, Weissenburger Strasse 3, 76187, Karlsruhe, Germany.
³ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2S1; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1R8, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 3M7, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada; Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1, Canada; Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy & Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies, Technische Universität Dresden, Chemnitzer Str. 46, D-01187, Dresden, Germany; Department of International Health Projects, Institute for Leadership and Health Management, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Trubetskaya Str., 8, b. 2, 119992, Moscow, Russian Federation.

Comment

Dirk W Lachenmeier et al. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct:107:104432.

doi: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2019.104432. Epub 2019 Jul 20.

¹ Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Karlsruhe, Weissenburger Strasse 3, 76187, Karlsruhe, Germany. Electronic address: Lachenmeier@web.de.
² Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Karlsruhe, Weissenburger Strasse 3, 76187, Karlsruhe, Germany.
³ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2S1; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1R8, Canada; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College St, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 3M7, Canada; Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada; Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1, Canada; Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy & Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies, Technische Universität Dresden, Chemnitzer Str. 46, D-01187, Dresden, Germany; Department of International Health Projects, Institute for Leadership and Health Management, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Trubetskaya Str., 8, b. 2, 119992, Moscow, Russian Federation.

No abstract available

Keywords: Alcohol consumption; Higher alcohols; Methanol; Risk assessment; Unrecorded alcohol.

Comment in

Can be the health risk from consumption of unrecorded fruit spirits containing alcohols other than ethanol ruled out?
Bujdosó O, Pál L, Nagy A, Árnyas E, Ádány R, Sándor J, McKee M, Szűcs S. Bujdosó O, et al. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2019 Oct;107:104431. doi: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2019.104431. Epub 2019 Jul 20. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2019. PMID: 31336129 No abstract available.

Is there any difference between the health risk from consumption of recorded and unrecorded spirits containing alcohols other than ethanol? A population-based comparative risk assessment.
Bujdosó O, Pál L, Nagy A, Árnyas E, Ádány R, Sándor J, McKee M, Szűcs S. Bujdosó O, et al. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2019 Aug;106:334-345. doi: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2019.05.020. Epub 2019 May 22. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2019. PMID: 31128167