These days we are washing our hands more and more and using hand sanitizers by the gallon……
Because I try to give useful info when I run across it there is something we need to know about some of the hand sanitizer out there……it could be hazardous to your health…..
Using hand sanitizer? Might be good to check that label. The Food and Drug Administration is adding more hand sanitizers to its list of products to avoid because they contain methanol—which is toxic when ingested or absorbed by the skin, USA Today reports. The FDA is telling Americans to avoid 59 different kinds of hand sanitizer, including some that have been recalled or face possible recall for containing the dangerous ingredient. The agency says it has “seen a sharp increase in hand sanitizer products that are labeled to contain ethanol (also known as ethyl alcohol) but that have tested positive for methanol contamination.”
Seems all the latest hand sanitizers on the list are produced in Mexico—including over two dozen sold by 4E Global, many of which carry the Blumen label, per CNN. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that methanol is used in industrial settings as an alternative fuel source, solvent, and pesticide, and can cause a variety of ill health effects including headaches, seizures, coma, blurred vision, and permanent blindness. The CDC suggests using an alcohol-based sanitizer with at least 70% isopropanol and 60% ethanol.
Please if you use hand sanitizer read the label and make sure that it is safe to use….
Be Well….Be Safe…..
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“lego ergo scribo”
Thanks for the tip, chuq. I haven’t used any, just soap and water. I’m still alive, last time I checked. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
I am sticking with sap and water as well….but I fear too many use the hand stuff and it could be hazardous. chuq
Pete has Kim of By Hook and by book deleted her blog? chuq
Yes, she has given up blogging and reviewing books because the screen time was exacerbating her migraines and making her very unwell. Only happened yesterday afternoon, and she sent me an email to let me know. I thought she might just leave the blog ‘static’, but she deleted it to stop herself from being tempted to go back.
Sad to see her go….I looked forward to her comments….thanx for the heads up chuq
Me too, one of my longest blogging friends, and outside the blog by email too. Hopefully we will stay in touch. I was surprised she didn’t put up a farewell post, but no doubt that would have been upsetting for her.
She will be missed chuq
If you send me an email, I will send you her personal email address. I am sure she wouldn’t mind me doing that. Then you can let her know she will be missed on Lobotero.
petejohnson50@yahoo.com
THanx I will come around soon….chuq
What did Pontius Pilate use ?
Nothing that is why he is dead.