What does the body do with ethanol


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Our bodies use alcohol dehydrogenase to break methanol into formaldehyde, which is highly toxic. To prevent this from happening, doctors give methanol poisoning patients ethanol. What does the body do with ethanol and why would that be helpful in preventing methanol poisoning? You must explain the mechanism and the reasoning behind it.

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