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Toxic Hand Sanitizers Have Blinded and Killed Adults and Children, FDA Warns

posted by martyb on Wednesday July 08 2020, @01:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the friends-don't-let-friends-drink-hand-sanitizers dept.

Freeman writes:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/toxic-hand-sanitizers-have-blinded-and-killed-adults-and-children-fda-warns/

Adults and children in the United States have been blinded, hospitalized, and, in some cases, even died after drinking hand sanitizers contaminated with the extremely toxic alcohol methanol, the Food and Drug Administration reports.

In an updated safety warning, the agency identified five more brands of hand sanitizer that contain methanol, a simple alcohol often linked to incorrectly distilled liquor that is poisonous if ingested, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin.
[...]
The newly identified products are as follows:

  • Hand sanitizer Gel Unscented 70% Alcohol, made by Grupo Insoma, S.A.P.I de CV (Mexico)
  • Mystic Shield Protection hand sanitizer, made by Transliquid Technologies (Mexico)
  • Berish Hand Sanitizer Gel Fragrance Free, made by Soluciones Cosmeticas SA de CV (Mexico)
  • Antiseptic Alcohol 70% Topical Solution hand sanitizer, made by Soluciones Cosmeticas SA de CV (Mexico)
  • Britz Hand Sanitizer Ethyl Alcohol 70%, made by Tropicosmeticos SA de CV (Mexico)

The full list of product codes can be found here.

Previously:
(2020-06-23) Toxic Methanol that Causes Blindness Found in Hand Sanitizers, FDA Warns

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @01:47AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @01:47AM (#1017984)

    Build the wall.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @02:15AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @02:15AM (#1017999)

    American moonshine trumps Mexican?

    I only bathe in 110 proof tequila.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @02:30AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @02:30AM (#1018006)

      With or without the worm?

      • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @02:40AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @02:40AM (#1018016)

        With or without the worm?

        With. Usually a couple of gerbils also.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @03:23AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @03:23AM (#1018035)

        Worm provided by the bather.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @03:20AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 08 2020, @03:20AM (#1018034)

    The ones drinking it aren't our best either, so that's kind of balances out.