Can moonshine really cause blindness?

It is methanol that is highly toxic and cause blindness and death (ethanol is the alcohol that you can drink). Methanol is a wood alcohol and maybe present in home distilled moonshine if not property processed, but that's not where most of the casualties from methanol occur these day. read more

The idea that moonshine or other home-distilled liquors can cause blindness is rooted in truth, but it's important to separate the causes of said blindness from the alcohol distillation process itself. read more

Other impurities in the process can be introduced as well. Antifreeze from the radiators, can leech in the product. And many producers will add things like methanol to the batch to increase the proof of the moonshine - which is also deadly. some of these impurities can cause blindness. read more