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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 06:38 PM Jul 2020

FDA expands list of hand sanitizers to avoid due to methanol risk with more being recommended for re

Related: FDA Updates on Hand Sanitizers with Methanol (U.S. Food & Drug Administration)

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Source: USA Today

FDA expands list of hand sanitizers to avoid due to methanol risk with more being recommended for recall

Kelly Tyko
USA TODAY
Published 12:37 p.m. ET Jul. 11, 2020 | Updated 5:04 p.m. ET Jul. 11, 2020

The Food and Drug Administration has expanded the number of hand sanitizers to avoid because they may contain methanol, a toxic substance when absorbed through skin or ingested.

The FDA now lists on a chart 59 varieties of hand sanitizer that should be avoided, some which have already been recalled, and other products being recommended for recalls as they may contain the potentially fatal ingredient.

All of the products in the FDA's latest methanol update appear to have been produced in Mexico.

The FDA 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."

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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/07/11/hand-sanitizers-recalled-methanol-risk-avoid-these-kinds/5420188002/
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FDA expands list of hand sanitizers to avoid due to methanol risk with more being recommended for re (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2020 OP
Don't drink your hand sanitizer soothsayer Jul 2020 #1
Maybe made in Mexico but someone in America bought and distributed them. keithbvadu2 Jul 2020 #2
Unless I missed one ALL are made in Mexico. Funny That. alittlelark Jul 2020 #3

keithbvadu2

(36,360 posts)
2. Maybe made in Mexico but someone in America bought and distributed them.
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 06:43 PM
Jul 2020

Maybe made in Mexico but someone in America bought and distributed them.

Go after them.

alittlelark

(18,886 posts)
3. Unless I missed one ALL are made in Mexico. Funny That.
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 08:05 PM
Jul 2020

ALL are made in Mexico - did they look at ANY products NOT made in Mexico?


SERIOUSLY.

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