can we use auto antifreeze in the toilet?

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   You can make your choices, but it is still not the best one to use auto antifreeze because of the anti-corrosion chemicals. Why would you intentionally use something that is toxic? You may not be "drinking the contents of the black tank," but those contents are drained into a sewage system. If those chemicals are not broken down by the treatment plant, they then flow out into the general water supply.  Also, I did some reading and the auto antifreeze could contribute to the seals deteriorating which is another reason to not use auto antifreeze in place of the RV antifreeze which should be used.

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StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326	Topic: can we use auto antifreeze in the toilet? Posted: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:35am
	You can make your choices, but it is still not the best one to use auto antifreeze because of the anti-corrosion chemicals. Why would you intentionally use something that is toxic? You may not be "drinking the contents of the black tank," but those contents are drained into a sewage system. If those chemicals are not broken down by the treatment plant, they then flow out into the general water supply. Also, I did some reading and the auto antifreeze could contribute to the seals deteriorating which is another reason to not use auto antifreeze in place of the RV antifreeze which should be used.
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lostagain Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595	Posted: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:40am
	Ethylene glycol is poisonous. It kills wild life in relatively low concentrations. California is the most populous state in the nation with almost 40 million people concentrated mostly in the coastal regions and the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys. With that population stricter limitations in regard to the disposal of toxic chemicals are absolutely necessary. Someone draining his/her radiator on the ground in Bluegrass, North Dakota will not have nearly the same effect as 100,000 people doing it in Los Angeles, California. Though California has many areas that are every bit as rural as Bluegrass, ND, the laws to control toxic releases into the environment have to be made an applied on a statewide basis or you will end up with a labyrinth of convoluted and unenforceable standards that no one will be happy with and that will not protect our environment. Though many people have strong feeling about California and whether they do things the right way or not, the fact is that California, if it were a nation, would be among the top five countries in the world. Whether California is a wonderful place to live or s'hole, as many of its detractors contend, is really a political question, perhaps better left to another forum. Happy, you may not drink the contents of your black water tank, but when you drain it, the municipal treatment center that receives the effluent may not be set up to remove the ethylene glycol. When they release the "treated sewage" into the local river, the fish and wild life do, indeed, drink your black water tank contents.
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Shane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 09 Sep 2018 Location: Northern IL. Online Status: Offline Posts: 98	Posted: 02 Jan 2019 at 11:26am
	RV AF I believe is non-toxic, it is much safer to use than auto AF.
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riotkayak284 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 29 Apr 2016 Location: Nashville, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 03 Jan 2019 at 11:15am
	I guess the question is why would you want to?