09-07-2020 00:14 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com

Some Hand Sanitizers On The Market May Be Dangerous

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Food and Drug Administration is recalling hand sanitizers with methanol, a hazardous ingredient.
And poison control centers are getting calls.
“I do know poison control centers around the country have been,” says Dr. Tony Pizon of The Pittsburgh Poison Center.
The FDA is also seeing hand sanitizers labeled as containing ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, but they’re contaminated with methanol. This type of alcohol can be used as a pesticide, a solvent or f
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