FDA WARNS CONSUMERS NOT TO USE ALCOHOL HAND SANITIZERS FROM MEXICO
Hand sanitizers from Mexico containing a toxic form of alcohol have been placed on import alert by the FDA, based on a sharp increase the agency has seen in products labeled to contain ethanol that actually have methanol as an ingredient. Methanol, or wood alcohol, can be toxic when absorbed through the skin. Methanol-contaminated hand sanitizers have been implicated in blindness, cardiac effects, effects on the central nervous system, hospitalizations, and death. Exposure can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system, or death. Young children who ingest these products and adolescents and adults who drink them as an alcohol substitute are most at risk.
FDA NEWS RELEASE
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Takes Action to Place All Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers from Mexico on Import Alert to Help Prevent Entry of Violative and Potentially Dangerous Products into U.S., Protect U.S. Consumers
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-takes-action-place-all-alcohol-based-hand-sanitizers-mexico-import
FDA updates on hand sanitizers consumers should not use
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-hand-sanitizers-consumers-should-not-use#products
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