Medical Toxicology and Public Health--Update on Research and Activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

The article discusses the prevalence, pharmacokinetics, pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis, management and prevention of inhalational methanol toxicity. It says that methanol toxicity cases rose in the U.S. and other countries due to ingestion of tainted alcohol products. It adds that absorption of methanol is faster through ingestion and inhalation than dermal exposure. Clinical presentations include central nervous system (CNS) depression, inebriation and gastrointestinal symptoms.