Roughly, at what rate does the body remove alcohol from the blood?
- A)About 0.5 g/l per hour
- B)All of it in one hour
- C)Between 0.10 and 0.15 g/l per hour
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C) Between 0.10 and 0.15 g/l per hour
The liver removes alcohol slowly, at a rate of between 0.10 and 0.15 grams per litre of blood every hour, and it cannot be sped up.
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