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Four Americans dead, 11 hospitalised from hand sanitiser poisoning – 7NEWS.com.au
‘We remain extremely concerned about the potential serious risks of alcohol-based hand sanitisers containing methanol’
People are getting sick and even dying after swallowing hand sanitiser, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Four died and others have suffered impaired vision or seizures, the CDC says.
Hand sanitiser is everywhere and is useful for cleaning the hands during the coronavirus pandemic. But its not safe to swallow, the CDC cautions. Alcohol-based hand sanitizer products should never be ingested, the CDC said in a new report.
A CDC team described the cases of 15 adult…
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