Konstantinos G. Spinthiropoulos

Human Toxicity and Marine Ecotoxicological Risk of Methanol as a Ship Fuel: A Critical Narrative Review of Exposure, Fate and Aquatic Effects

Methanol is being adopted as a marine fuel on a safety profile that is quoted more often than it is checked. This review audits the provenance of that profile. Four load-bearing claims—rapid dilution, a one-to-seven-day aqueous half-life, negligible bioaccumulation and manageable...