is ethylene glycol a synonym for antifreeze update my intent in editing out the extraneous information of ethylene glycol poisoning in the antifreeze article is that many editors and visitors to the article are of the impression that all antifreeze is ethylene gylcol this is a misconception case in point look above at the comments made by flyer and technosymbiosis note that they mention articles in which the poisonous chemical is the article in question lead mercury element asbestos benzodiazepine paracetamol that is a list of six chemical substances and asbestos which is virtually a chemical species for the purposes of this discussion note also that the article in question here is not about a specific chemical rather it is about a wide range of substances including the poisonous and deadly methanol and ethylene glycol the article isn't about a chemical species like mercury or lead it is about liquids plural which have special properties in commerce and mechanics and discusses practical applications of chemicals so when auto mechanics or airplane mechanics discuss antifreeze or when chemists discuss it or talk about it this poisoning aspect is a rare but useful part of the discussion it is only when talking about this topic medically that the need arises to discuss the many symptoms and embark upon long winded treatises on what happens internally to a person intoxicated on a particular antifreeze in commercial practical and chemical discussions the fact that something is toxic arises obtusely to the main concern take those ethylene glycol warnings to the ethylene glycol page and if there was any sudden interest in it to the methanol article which would be consistent with the examples listed above as a sideline why aren't there any warnings of the deadliness of methanol which is soooooo poisonous that it takes ml of it to blind a person and ml to kill sounds pretty notable by the above standards so let's list all of the symptoms in the antifreeze article too or not that would be borderline absurd since the ethylene glycol lobby dictates that ethylene glycol is synonymous with antifreeze another absurd corollary would be to go to the thermal insulation page and discuss how poisonous asbestos is i mean all insulation is asbestos right to summarize this argument is about the scope of antifreeze i don't think this scope encompasses the symptoms of poisoning from a particular type of antifreeze which happen to be so difficult to spot that they deserve the full attention available at the good article named ethylene glycol poisoning where all of the nuances of medical research and diagnosis can be discussed at length so fix the misconception don't just blank an entire section most antifreeze is still ethylene glycol it's hardly an obscure risk no one is or has stated that ethylene glycol is a synonym for antifreeze and the misconception that all antifreeze is ethylene gylcol can also be mentioned in the aforementioned section although i have not read anyone in the discussions about this on this talk page express any misconception especially since you've expressd such concerns before somehow you are completely missing the point about why you are wrong to repeatedly remove this information the point is that ethylene glycol poisoning which is a part of this article causes these symtoms and therefore there should be an appropriate summary of these symptoms per wp summary style before pointing readers to the article about it it is not extraneous information so once again i will contact wp med to comment here on this issue in the meantime this information stays per the wp consensus against your repeated removal of it