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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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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @05:19AM (8 children)
About 50% of poisonings per year are children under six years old and 90% of those are from ingestion. Believe me, those at the lower end of those ages love to drink from random containers they see and they can be surprisingly quick too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @07:14AM (1 child)
Humanity discovered parenting long ago, actually it was and still is a positive evolutionary trait.
Why would one want to discard it today?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @08:24AM
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @02:57PM (5 children)
I got scared away from drinking until I was almost legal just from the smell of beer. I can't imagine thinking anything else containing alcohols would smell better at that age.
(Score: 3, Touché) by tizan on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:48PM (4 children)
If only smell was a barrier....you must not have been around very small kids...
have you not seen kids putting their finger in their diaper and into their mouths ? Ask any parents.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @10:35PM
He's clearly not French if he is put off by horrendous odors so easily.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday June 25 2020, @03:06PM (2 children)
Kids will put the nastiest things in their mouths, if for no other reason than "I've not done that before." Kind of like some "adults".
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(Score: 2) by RS3 on Thursday June 25 2020, @11:45PM
Adult: "Hold my beer."
Kid: "Hold my blanket."
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday June 26 2020, @02:52AM
Only the really fun ones.
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