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Hand sanitizer sold at Target and Walmart added to FDA recall list

87. The list of recalled hand sanitizers potentially containing methanol (wood alcohol) now stands at 87. The latest recall includes hand sanitizers sold in Walmart and Target stores nationwide. 4E Brands, as well as Resource and Recovery Trading hand sanitizers are the latest to be recalled. 

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the number of hand sanitizers that contain methanol instead of ethanol continues to rise. As CNN explains, alcohol based hand sanitizer should contain “at least 60% ethanol if soap and water are not available.” Methanol is dangerous even if you’re just applying it to the skin. Unfortunately, some consumers have actually been ingesting hand sanitizer, and in turn methanol, and that can come with terrible consequences. Ingesting methanol can lead to hospitalizations, blindness, and even death.

What makes these hand sanitizer recalls so frustrating is they come at a time when many Americans are simply trying to protect themselves and their loved one from a deadly global pandemic. A pandemic that’s now claimed more than 600,000 lives. While the world waits for a cure, and some semblance of normalcy to return, let’s hope we don’t lose anyone to a single recalled hand sanitizer.

To read the CBS News article in full, click here: https://cbsn.ws/30WhPp7

 

Full List of Recalled Hand Sanitizers (as of July 28, 2020):

AAA Cosmetica's bio aaa Advance Hand Sanitizer 
AAA Cosmetica's LumiSkin Advance Hand Sanitizer 4 oz
AAA Cosmetica's LumiSkin Advance Hand Sanitizer 16 oz
AAA Cosmetica's QualitaMed Hand Sanitizer 
Broncolin's Herbacil Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer 70% Alcohol
DDI Multinacional's Earths Amenities Instant Unscented Hand Sanitizer with Aloe Vera Advanced
DDI Multinacional's Hand Sanitizer Agavespa Skincare
DDI Multinacional's Vidanos Easy Cleaning Rentals Hand Sanitizer Agavespa Skincare
Eskbiochem's All-Clean Hand Sanitizer
Eskbiochem's Esk Biochem Hand Sanitizer
Eskbiochem's Lavar 70 Gel Hand Sanitizer
Eskbiochem's The Good Gel Antibacterial Gel Hand Sanitizer
Eskbiochem's CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80% Alcohol
Eskbiochem's CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 75% Alcohol
Eskbiochem's CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80% Alcohol
4E Global's Blumen Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer with 70% Alcohol
4E Global's Blumen Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear Ethyl Alcohol 70%
4E Global's Blumen Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear
4E Global's Klar and Danver Instant Hand Sanitizer (labeled with Greenbrier International Inc.)
4E Global's Modesa Instant Hand Sanitizer Moisturizers and Vitamin E
4E Global's Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer
4E Global's Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Aloe
4E Global's Blumen Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Lavender
4E Global's Blumen Clear Lear Advanced Hand Sanitizer
4E Global's Blumen Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer
4E Global's The Honeykeeper Hand Sanitizer
4E Global's Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Clear
4E Global's Blumen Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer
4E Global's Blumen Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe
4E Global's Blumen Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Lavender
4E Global's Blumen Aloe Advanced Hand Sanitizer, with 70% Alcohol
4E Global's Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Lavender, with 70% alcohol
4E Global's Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Aloe, with 70% alcohol
4E Global's Blumen Antibacterial Fresh Citrus Hand Sanitizer
4E Global's Blumen Hand Sanitizer Fresh Citrus
4E Global's Klar and Danver Instant Hand Sanitizer
4E Global's Hello Kitty by Sanrio Hand Sanitizer
4E Global's Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer (Vitamin E and Aloe)
4E Global's Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer (Aloe and Moisturizers)
4E Global's Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer Vitamin E and Aloe
4E Global's Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe and Moisturizers
4E Global's Blumen Instant Hand Sanitizer Fragrance Free
4E Global's Blumen Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe Vera
4E Global's Assured Aloe
Eskbiochem's  Saniderm Advanced Hand Sanitizer
Grupo Insoma's Hand sanitizer Gel Unscented 70% Alcohol
ITECH 361's All Clean Hand Sanitizer, Moisturizer and Disinfectant
Jaloma Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer Ethyl Alcohol 62% with Vitamin E
Leiper's Fork Distillery Bulk Disinfectant per 5 gallon and Leiper's Fork Distillery 16 oz
Limpo Quimicos' Andy's Best
Limpo Quimicos' Andy's
Limpo Quimicos' Gelclor
Limpo Quimicos' NeoNatural
Limpo Quimicos' Plus Advanced
Liqesa Exportacion or Liq-E-S.A.'s Optimus Lubricants Instant Hand Sanitizer
Maquiladora Miniara's Shine and Clean Hand Sanitizer
Maquiladora Miniara's Selecto Hand Sanitizer
MXL Comercial's Hand Sanitizer Disinfectant Gel 70% Ethyl Alcohol (labeled with Resource Recovery & Trading LLC)
MXL Comercial's Hand Sanitizer Disinfectant Gel 70% Ethyl Alcohol Rinse Free Hand Rub (labeled with Resource Recovery & Trading LLC)
Mystic International's Mystic Shield Protection hand sanitizer
Real Clean Distribuciones's Born Basic Anti-Bac Hand Sanitizer
Real Clean Distribuciones's Anti-Bac Hand Sanitizer
Real Clean Distribuciones's Scent Theory – Keep It Clean – Pure Clean Anti-bacterial Hand Sanitizer
Real Clean Distribuciones's Cavalry
Real Clean Distribuciones's ENLIVEN Hand Sanitizing Gel
Real Clean Distribuciones's Lux Eoi Hand Sanitizing Gel
Real Clean Distribuciones's Keep It Clean
Saniderm Advanced Hand Sanitizer
Real Clean Distribuciones's Hand Sanitizer
Soluciones Cosmeticas' Bersih Hand Sanitizer Gel Fragrance Free
Soluciones Cosmeticas' Antiseptic Alcohol 70% Topical Solution hand sanitizer
Soluciones Cosmeticas' Hand sanitizer (labeled with Wet Look Janitorial and Gardening Corp.)
Transliquid Technologies's Mystic Shield Protection hand sanitizer
Tropicosmeticos' Britz Hand Sanitizer Ethyl Alcohol 70%
Yara Elena De La Garza Perez Nieto's Daesi hand sanitizer