Does Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol leave a toxic residue after evaporation?

Subject: Does Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol leave a toxic residue after evaporation?

Date: Tue Jun 2 13:02:13 2009
Posted by Andy
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Thousand Oaks State/Province: CA Country: 91320
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1243972933.Ch

Message:


Does Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol leave a toxic residue after evaporation?  I got
some on my hands when cleaning with it, and after it evaporated, I grabbed some
food and ate without washing my hands first.  Is that bad?  I just assumed the
Isopropyl Alcohol cleaned my hands and was safe after evaporation.

thanks

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