[Bruce Noland]

Dear Dinosaurs,

Nitromethane Study,

Carcinogenicity,
Nitromethane is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals. When administered by inhalation, nitromethane significantly increased the combined incidences of benign and malignant tumors at three tissue sites in mice and at a different tissue site in rats. In mice, nitromethane caused harderian gland and lung tumors in both sexes and liver tumors in females. In rats, nitromethane caused mammary-gland tumors in female rats but did not cause any increased tumors in Long-Evans rats(exposed to lower levels). The International Agency for Research on Cancer also has concluded that there was suffcient evidence for the carcinogenicity of nitromethane in experimental animals.

Well of course this is just a scientific study, you know the kind that has helped advance our understanding of diseases and aging. Now lace that Nitro with some potent tire smoke and then you have a really fun ****tail.

I remember falling in love with the stuff back in the early 60's when I watched the Crazy Greek fire up his dragster for the first time. Too bad it's like everything in life that we enjoy, ie., it's bad as hell for you!
And of course it does smell funny and burn your eyes like Mike said.