Post by autumn on Jul 27, 2020 18:51:49 GMT
Remember when I posted one a while ago? When now there's been an updated list, and I'll be honest here, I'm really confused because they talk about "methanol" and while none of my (many and oft-used) hand sanitizers list "methanol" in the ingredients, they DO list "ethanol" and in fact, a quick browse through Amazon and I'm noticing a great deal of them do.
So I looked a little further and saw that part of the danger of this is that the companies are listing "ethanol" as the alcohol source, but when tested, "methanol" is actually found. So that's compounding the issues. What makes it weirder is in another article I read, there was a confusing statement about if the label which stated we need a high alcohol content to be effective, but if the label states alcohol as the active ingredient, be wary. What's that supposed to mean? (That's in a different article, but I'll try to find it if anyone's interested).
Here's the list, the newest and to the best of my knowledge, most recent list of updated DANGEROUS AND RECALLED LIST OF HAND SANITIZERS (and there are MANY on here!) Please, for your safety, you may want to check these out. This follows the original release of the 7/2/20 recall and adds pages of additional brands.
www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-hand-sanitizers-methanol#products
Below is a 7/22/20 update on Yahoo news
news.yahoo.com/fda-recalls-more-hand-sanitzers-171219483.html
So I looked a little further and saw that part of the danger of this is that the companies are listing "ethanol" as the alcohol source, but when tested, "methanol" is actually found. So that's compounding the issues. What makes it weirder is in another article I read, there was a confusing statement about if the label which stated we need a high alcohol content to be effective, but if the label states alcohol as the active ingredient, be wary. What's that supposed to mean? (That's in a different article, but I'll try to find it if anyone's interested).
Here's the list, the newest and to the best of my knowledge, most recent list of updated DANGEROUS AND RECALLED LIST OF HAND SANITIZERS (and there are MANY on here!) Please, for your safety, you may want to check these out. This follows the original release of the 7/2/20 recall and adds pages of additional brands.
www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-hand-sanitizers-methanol#products
Below is a 7/22/20 update on Yahoo news
news.yahoo.com/fda-recalls-more-hand-sanitzers-171219483.html
