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: '''Alcohol''' poisoning can cause a person to die if too much '''alcohol''' is consumed in a short period of time. However, usually people do not die directly from the '''alcohol''' but because they drown in their own [[vomit]] or become involved in an accident.
: Prolonged '''alcohol''' abuse can lead to [[liver]] and [[kidney]] damage and even failure. This may require a [[liver]] [[transplant]] or a [[kidney]] [[transplant]].
==Key Stage 4==
===Meaning===
'''Ethanol''' is a type of [[alcohol]] [[molecule]] with [[Chemical Formula|chemical formula]] C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>OH.
'''Ethanol''' is also referred to commonly as '''alcohol''', though it is only one type of [[alcohol]].
===Alcohol/Ethanol and Disease===
: '''Alcohol''' is a [[Risk Factor|risk factor]] in [[liver]] [[disease]], [[pancreas]] [[disease]], [[diabetes]] and [[cancer]].