Community Chat

[kivah]

I just heard on the news that many people are getting sick from the toxic Hand Sanitizer - most of which is coming from Mexico. It's being sold at Costco, Walmart, CVS, etc. I'd advise everyone to stop using it - including ur family.

I knew Hand Sanitizer would have bad effects from the beginning -- and I posted on here about it.  I haven't used any of it. I just use soap and water.

[I am still oxox]

It is not all hand sanitizer it is the ones with that contain methanol, a type of wood alcohol that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin. Not all of them by an means

[LuvmyLab]

@kivah  I am allergic to hand sanitizer so I just use soap and water.  There is some ingredient in hand sanitizers that just doesn't agree with my skin. I'm glad though because, like you, I always knew bad things would come out of using them so much.

[SandySparkles]

@kivah Thank you for posting this! I only use hand sanitizer when I am out and about, which is not often-sheltering in place as much as possible. It's a long standing brand that's been on the market years before COVID thank goodness😊. I think it is unfortunate that more of these products cannot be tested PRIOR to reaching the consumers.😐

Hopefully, businesses will be forced to remove these toxic products from inventory immediately!🤞

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

[stevieb]

Here is a link to the thread about this posted this morning by @SeaMaiden. In it, she provides a link to the actual report by the FDA...

https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/FDA-Updates-on-Hand-Sanitizers-with-Methanol-more-brands...

[Sooner]

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@kivah wrote:

I just heard on the news that many people are getting sick from the toxic Hand Sanitizer - most of which is coming from Mexico. It's being sold at Costco, Walmart, CVS, etc. I'd advise everyone to stop using it - including ur family.

I knew Hand Sanitizer would have bad effects from the beginning -- and I posted on here about it.  I haven't used any of it. I just use soap and water.

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@kivah Well lots of us have to be out sometimes and can't carry a bucket of water and soap. . . I am not afraid of all hand sanitizer.  

[Meowingkitty]

If it's not Purell or Germ-x I don't buy it. 

[goldensrbest]

Hand wipes are a little hard to find, now also.

[millieshops]

I'm not a clean freak -  probably too much not, but I never bought hand sanitizer at all until some techie urged me to use a few drops to swab the screen of my iPad and that's still my most frequent use of the product.

I think frequent, careful hand washing with soap and water is exactly what the scientists have been recommending for months now -  except for people out of the house unable to wash and especially if they're handing surfaces touched by strangers or even family you know have been out and about.

[Mom2Dogs]

I rarely use hand sanitizer...even before the virus.