1. By US FDA regulations, ethyl carbamate has been withdrawn from pharmaceutical use. 2. Formerly, crosslinking agents for permanent press textile treatments were synthesized from ethyl carbamate . 3. Other foods and beverages prepared by means of fermentation also contain ethyl carbamate . 4. Polyurethanes neither contain nor are produced from ethyl carbamate . 5. However, small quantities of ethyl carbamate are also used in laboratories as an anesthetic for animals. 6. Ethyl carbamate is not acutely toxic to humans, as shown by its use as a medicine.7. Ethyl carbamate is frequently used as an anaesthetic in cortex to the same extent as isoflurane.8. The discovery of the widespread presence of ethyl carbamate in alcoholic beverages first occurred during the mid-1980s. 9. Additionally, heating after bottling either during shipping or in preparation will cause ethyl carbamate levels to rise further. 10. Furthermore, some strains of yeast have been developed to help reduce ethyl carbamate during commercial production of alcoholic beverages.
