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The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday advised consumers to avoid nine types of hand sanitizers that may contain methanol, a toxic alcohol that can cause blindness if swallowed and systemic effects if absorbed through the skin.
All nine hand sanitizers are made by Eskbiochem SA de CV in Mexico. The agency said in its advisory that it discovered methanol while testing two of the company's products. One, called Lavar Gel, was 81-percent methanol—and no ethanol, a safe alcohol meant to be used in hand sanitizers. Another, CleanCare No Germ, was 2-percent methanol.
From the FDA advisory, the Eskbiochem SA de CV products are:
- All-Clean Hand Sanitizer (NDC: 74589-002-01)
- Esk Biochem Hand Sanitizer (NDC: 74589-007-01)
- CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 75% Alcohol (NDC: 74589-008-04)
- Lavar 70 Gel Hand Sanitizer (NDC: 74589-006-01)
- The Good Gel Antibacterial Gel Hand Sanitizer (NDC: 74589-010-10)
- CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80% Alcohol (NDC: 74589-005-03)
- CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 75% Alcohol (NDC: 74589-009-01)
- CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80% Alcohol (NDC: 74589-003-01)
- Saniderm Advanced Hand Sanitizer (NDC: 74589-001-01)
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Toxic Methanol that Causes Blindness Found in Hand Sanitizers, FDA Warns
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(Score: 1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @01:15AM (5 children)
As a self-identified Black businesswoman, I find it appalling that USA imports toxic hand cleaner from Mexico when the government could start a program to subsidize Black-owned companies to produce non-poisonous hand cleaners in the USA.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @01:36AM
Or, you know, restart that prohibition, give the police something to do different from chasing self-identified Black businesswoman on the streets - that's a solution that should appeal to conservatives too.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @07:32AM
Quit identifying yourself, and do something about it. The process is literally so easy that illiterate rednecks have been doing it for centuries. The hard part is doing it legally. Quit looking to government. If government got out of the way, we'd have more white lightning than you can shake a stick at.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @08:56AM (2 children)
But that would be missing the point. The best solution for many problems is to import as much toxic products as possible, and even subsidize them so they're cheaper than the non-toxic ones.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @01:33PM (1 child)
Imported from Mexico? I thought we got all of our toxic products from China?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @02:28PM
Yes, some come through the southern port of Mexico.