Four more hand sanitizers recalled as ‘toxic.’ The FDA’s ‘Do Not Use’ list is up to 165

https://news.yahoo.com/four-more-hand-sanitizers-recalled-232501661.html

 David J. Neal
,Miami Herald•August 26, 2020

 

Four more hand sanitizers on the FDA’s Do Not Use list have been recalled, one of them among the additions over the past week that pushed that list count to 165. Most hand sanitizers are on the list because they contain methanol, also known as wood alcohol. As explained by Asiaticon SA de CV in its company-written, FDA-posted recall notice about the products below:

“Methanol has inferior antiseptic properties compared to ethanol. Substantial methanol exposure can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system or death.

“Although all persons using these products on their hands are at risk, young children who accidentally ingest these products and adolescents and adults who drink these products as an alcohol (ethanol) substitute, are most at risk for methanol poisoning.”

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