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Now I am a little uneasy about the sanitizer I bought. I walked into Walmart one day and they had these giant bottles of liquid hand sanitizer with a 80% alcoho

by 14 3y ago

Now I am a little uneasy about the sanitizer I bought. I walked into Walmart one day and they had these giant bottles of liquid hand sanitizer with a 80% alcohol content and it works great and doesn’t leave a residue. It was on for 25cents a bottle when normally something that size would sell for about $8. I couldn’t believe they were getting rid of it for so cheap so bout about 100 bottles and have been using it for months. Wish there was a way I could test for benzene and I wonder if Walmart knew it was bad and decided to dump it on customers so they wouldn’t be sitting with thousands of bottles needing disposal.

burnished 3y ago
Looks like there are kits in the 60-100$ range, a local college chemistry lab might also be able to do it, there may also be a simple test you can apply - sounds like much more effort than what you put in acquiring, might be worthwhile to just cut it at a loss if you think it is a risk at all
neilv 3y ago
> an independent lab in Connecticut called Valisure announced that it had found benzene in the company’s sanitizer. [...] Not long after, a horrified nurse in Arizona captured a photograph of ArtNaturals bottles on sale at her local Walmart for 50 cents, with a sign nearby saying that they used to be $2.97. Your heirs might have a viable lawsuit.
loeg 3y ago
Might as well just toss it unless you regularly need to kill bacteria on your hands away from running water.
Symbiote 3y ago
Chemists used to wash their hands in benzene!
- NotYourLawyer 3y ago
  Doctors used to smoke cigarettes.
dahfizz 3y ago
Are you currently desperate for hand sanitizer? I would just buy some good stuff or go without. I would rather risk a little sniffles than leukemia.
actuallyalys 3y ago
Not sure about testing for benzene, but you can check the FDA's list of sanitizers that should not be used: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-hand-sanitizers-consumers-should-not-use https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-u....

by 14 3y ago

burnished 3y ago

Looks like there are kits in the 60-100$ range, a local college chemistry lab might also be able to do it, there may also be a simple test you can apply - sounds like much more effort than what you put in acquiring, might be worthwhile to just cut it at a loss if you think it is a risk at all

neilv 3y ago

> an independent lab in Connecticut called Valisure announced that it had found benzene in the company’s sanitizer. [...] Not long after, a horrified nurse in Arizona captured a photograph of ArtNaturals bottles on sale at her local Walmart for 50 cents, with a sign nearby saying that they used to be $2.97. Your heirs might have a viable lawsuit.

loeg 3y ago

Might as well just toss it unless you regularly need to kill bacteria on your hands away from running water.

Symbiote 3y ago

Chemists used to wash their hands in benzene!

NotYourLawyer 3y ago
Doctors used to smoke cigarettes.

dahfizz 3y ago

Are you currently desperate for hand sanitizer? I would just buy some good stuff or go without. I would rather risk a little sniffles than leukemia.

actuallyalys 3y ago

Not sure about testing for benzene, but you can check the FDA's list of sanitizers that should not be used: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-hand-sanitizers-consumers-should-not-use https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-u....