Isopropyl Alcohol

• Unlike water, it is highly effective as an OC carrier. It does not impede the effectiveness of the active ingredient.
• Because of its high safety level, it is used in a majority of household aerosols.
• Isopropyl Alcohol, not refrigeration agents, is used in virtually all aerosol products intended to be sprayed in the facial area such as perfumes and after-shaves.
• It is used for many medical purposes and is found in all hospitals.
• Isopropyl Alcohol is evironmentally safe and not banned by the Montreal Protocol as an ozone depleting substance. This is not the case with the carrier used in some of the clones.
• It is not a cancer causing agent. Isopropyl Alcohol is not listed under California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) as a carcinogen, reproductive toxicant nor listed under USEPA nor IARC as a cancer causing or potential carcinogen agent. Again, this is not the case with the carrier used in some of the clones.

Not All Alcohols are Safe

There are variety of alcohols which are used in the medical industry as well as components in the solvent system of coatings for many industrial applications. For example methanol alcohol is toxic and can cause blindness. SDA-40B alcohol is used in some pepper sprays and is listed under California Proposition 65, since it contains trace levels of acetaldehyde, which the state of California has found to cause cancer.