WARNING WARNING WARNING FDA has issued a warning about hand sanitisers: The FDA’s ongoing testing has found methanol contamination in hand sanitizer products

WARNING WARNING WARNING FDA has issued a warning about hand sanitisers: The FDA’s ongoing testing has found methanol contamination in hand sanitizer products ... The FDA first warned about some of the methanol-containing hand sanitizers being sold in retail stores and online in June. The agency issued a further warning earlier this month about an increasing number of adverse events, including blindness, cardiac effects, effects on the central nervous system, and hospitalizations and death, primarily reported to poison control centers and state departments of health. The agency continues to see these figures rise. In most cases, methanol does not appear on the product label. However, methanol is not an acceptable ingredient in any drug, including hand sanitizer, even if methanol is listed as an ingredient on the product label. The FDA’s ongoing testing has found methanol contamination in hand sanitizer products ranging from 1% to 80%. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-reiterates-warning-about-dangerous-alcohol-based-hand-sanitizers https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavi... [Includes links to list of specific products.] The US Food and Drug Administration has been repeatedly warning about methanol in some hand sanitizers distributed in the United States. Unlike ethanol -- the alcohol usually used to make hand sanitizer -- methanol is toxic and can even poison people through their skin. The FDA has warned against more than 100 hand sanitizer products. In July, the FDA continued to warn consumers and health care workers not to use hand sanitizers containing methanol or wood alcohol (aka denatured alcohol). https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/05/health/hand-sanitizer-cdc-warning-study-wellness/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/05/health/hand-sanitizer-cdc...