Washing your hands with some sanitizers may be the wrong move !
It’s been almost a year and change of non-stop hand washing and applications of questionable products applied to you and your family’s hands.
Did you ever think that the products may actually be toxic and cause harm ? How often have you used the supplied dispenser in the store or your home and gotten a whiff of perfume or wondered if all the alcohol on your skin is the same as drinking the stuff.
The scary answer is yes, skin absorption is a consideration and not to be taken lightly especially when your applying the products to your skin regularly. “Can Intensive Use of Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs Lead to Passive Alcoholization?” tells the story of a typical day exposure for health care workers. The results “Based upon an average of 30 hand rubbings per healthcare professional per day, it can be assumed that a healthcare worker may be exposed to a maximum 5,500 mg/m3 per work shift, five times above the recommended occupational time weighted average limit.”
FDA:
Well not to confuse the issues there’s more. In a recent FDA warning additional hand soaps are being recalled for…….. you guessed it: microbe contamination. I thought this was intended to do the opposite. The manufacturer Absaea Cosmetics failed to have the stated amount of alcohol in its product. Money talks and people pay the price.
Toxins in Sanitizers:
If you’ve been following the news, months ago we had the recall from poisoning and death as some manufactures were cutting corners and using the wrong alcohol, methanol (wood alcohol) a known toxin and some had contamination with 1- propanol, which the FDA states: “…can be toxic and life-threatening when ingested.”
Need to check your product ? The FDA has a listing at www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-hand-sanitizers-consumers-should-not-use where you can find 230 entries as of the date of this article….. scary eh ?
Take Aways:
- Consider only using soap and water if your using medications that state not to take with alcohol or you have any issues with your liver
- Avoid the fragranced products. as most contain endocrine disruptors
- Don’t fall for the “FDA approved” BS they don’t ever approve any hand sanitizers
- Use soap and water, it’s the best safe option (unscented of course)
The Newest Sanitizer Offenders; Page 1 of 23 and you’ll see the same bad actors time and again!
| Manufacturer | Product(s) | NDC(s) | Distributor | Product Status | Date added to table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporativo Bureli SA de CV (Mexico) | SOHO Fresh Rubbing Alcohol | 78533-001-33 | SOHO Fresh | Product voluntarily recalled by Essaar Inc. due to methanol contamination on 1/4/2021; added manufacturer to import alert to help stop their products from entering the U.S. on 9/24/2020; FDA issued a warning letter on 12/1/2020 | 01/11/2021 |
| Distribuidora Lagunera del Norte SA de CV (Mexico) | Weper Clean Solutions
| 76527-001-03
| Ekko’s Venture LLC
| FDA tested product; ethanol alcohol level was subpotent; FDA has no evidence this product is in the U.S. market | 01/28/2021 |
| Distribuidora Lagunera del Norte SA de CV (Mexico) | Weper Clean Solutions
| 76527-001-01 76527-001-02 76527-001-04 76527-001-05 76527-001-06 76527-001-07
| Ekko’s Venture LLC
| Product purported to be made at the same facility that produced subpotent ethanol alcohol product; FDA has no evidence this product is in the U.S. market | 01/28/2021 |
| Distribuidora Lagunera del Norte SA de CV (Mexico) | CyroLab Q&T Antibacterial Gel
| 78907-001-01 78907-001-02 78907-001-03 78907-001-04 78907-001-05
| Distribuidora Lagunera del Norte SA de CV
| Product purported to be made at the same facility that produced subpotent ethanol alcohol product; FDA has no evidence this product is in the U.S. market | 01/28/2021 |
| Distribuidora Lagunera del Norte SA de CV (Mexico) | Kleengel Hand Sanitizer
| 76527-002-01 76527-002-02 76527-002-03 76527-002-04 76527-002-05 76527-002-06 76527-002-07 76527-002-02
| Comdata Laguna S de RL de CV
| Product purported to be made at the same facility that produced subpotent ethanol alcohol product; FDA has no evidence this product is in the U.S. market | 01/28/2021 |
| Distribuidora Lagunera del Norte SA de CV (Mexico) | Kilvir Forte Virus Killer
| 76527-003-01 76527-003-02 76527-003-03 76527-003-04 76527-003-05 76527-003-06 76527-003-07 76527-003-08
| Comdata Laguna S de RL de CV
| Product purported to be made at the same facility that produced subpotent ethanol alcohol product; FDA has no evidence this product is in the U.S. market | 01/28/2021 |
| Eskbiochem SA de CV (Mexico) | CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 75% Alcohol | 74589-009-01 | ESPMEX LLC | FDA tested product; contains methanol; FDA recommended the company recall on 6/17/2020; added manufacturer to import alert to help stop their products from entering the U.S. on 7/15/2020; FDA issued a warning letter on 7/23/2020 | 07/02/2020 |
| Eskbiochem SA de CV (Mexico) | Lavar 70 Gel Hand Sanitizer | 74589-006-01 | Blue Ridge Southern Supply LLC | FDA tested product; contains methanol; FDA recommended the company recall on 6/17/2020; added manufacturer to import alert to help stop their products from entering the U.S. on 7/15/2020; FDA issued a warning letter on 7/23/2020 | 07/02/2020 |
| Eskbiochem SA de CV (Mexico) | All-Clean Hand Sanitizer | 74589-002-01 | All Clean Natural LTD | Product purported to be made at the same facility that produced methanol contaminated product; FDA recommended the company recall all other products potentially on the market on 6/17/2020; product voluntarily recalled by ITECH 361 on 7/6/2020; added manufacturer to import alert to help stop their products from entering the U.S. on 7/15/2020; FDA issued a warning letter on 7/23/2020 | 07/02/2020 |
| Eskbiochem SA de CV (Mexico) | Esk Biochem Hand Sanitizer | 74589-007-01 | EskBiochem | Product purported to be made at the same facility that produced methanol contaminated product; FDA recommended the company recall all other products potentially on the market on 6/17/2020; added manufacturer to import alert to help stop their products from entering the U.S. on 7/15/2020; FDA issued a warning letter on 7/23/2020 |
