1. But many acknowledge that the bans on butanediol are tricky to enforce. 2. Hydrogenation of this aldehyde yields 1, 4-butanediol . 3. Butanediol is used to make polyurethane, Spandex, moisturizers and legal drugs.4. It is one of many stable isomers of butanediol . 5. While the butanediol dehydrogenase activity is reversible, diacetyl reductase activity is irreversible. 6. Like GHB, 1, 4-butanediol is only safe in small amounts. 7. Butanediol was left off the bill because of its widespread use as a legitimate industrial cleaner.8. Butanediol can cause dizziness, seizures and coma, and can slow breathing to dangerous levels.9. Another study found no effect following intracerebroventricular injection in rats of 1, 4-butanediol . 10. This contradicts the hypothesis that 1, 4-butanediol having inherent alcohol-like pharmacological effects.