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Pathology slides courtesy BMJ Case Reports, September 12 2019

Most snowglobes are just made of water, but some can contain ethylene glycol. Most of those usually don't contain enough ethylene glycol to cause damage, but keep the word "usually" in mind. A homemade snowglobe can contain concentrations of anything, which is what happened in this case.

Ethylene glycol can cause a profound high anion gap metabolic acidosis, and we'll explain the science, chemistry and physiology behind that in this episode.

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