. "14 Methanol." Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants: Volume 5. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008.
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Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants, Volume 5
TABLE 14-1 Methanol Concentrations in Foods and Beverages
Source
Concentration
Fresh and canned fruit juices (orange and grapefruit juices)
1-43 mg/L
11-80 mg/L
12-640 mg/L
(Average of 140 mg/L)
Neutral spirits
<1.5 g/L
Beer
6-27 mg/L
Wines
96-329 mg/L
Distilled spirits
16-220 mg/L
Bourbon
55 mg/L
50% grain alcohol
1 mg/L
Brandies (United States, Canada, and Italy)
6,000-7,000 mg/L
Beans
1.5-7.9 mg/kg
Split peas
3.6 mg/kg
Lentils
4.4 mg/kg
Carbonated beverages
~56 mg/L
Abbreviations: kg, kilogram; L, liter.
Source: Data from NTP CERHR 2003.
TABLE 14-2 Background Blood Methanol and Formate Concentrations in Humans
Subjects
mg of methanol/L, mean ± SD (range)
mg of formate/L, mean ± SD (range)
Twelve males on restricted diet (no methanol-containing or methanol-producing foods) for 12 h
0.570 ± 0.305
(0.25-1.4)
3.8 ± 1.1
(2.2-6.6)
Twenty-two adults on restricted diet (no methanol-containing or methanol-producing foods) for 24 h
1.8 ± 2.6
(no range data)
11.2 ± 9.1
(no range data)
Three males who ate a breakfast with no aspartame-containing cereals and no juice
1.82 ± 1.21
(0.57-3.57)
9.08 ± 1.26
(7.31-10.57)
Five males who ate a breakfast with no aspartame-containing cereals and no juice (second experiment)
