Every hand sanitizer the FDA has flagged as potentially deadly or useless
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Since June 19, the FDA has been warning consumers of dangerous hand sanitizers that contain the fatal chemical methanol. Methanol is a type of alcohol that can be deadly if ingested or absorbed through the skin.
The FDA found some hand sanitizer producers putting it into their products. In some cases, methanol wasn't a listed ingredient. In other cases, sanitizers lacked germ-killing ingredients.
Here are all of the hand sanitizers the FDA has warned consumers of so far due to methanol, or lack of active ingredients like isopropyl alcohol.
Since June 19, the FDA has been building a list of hand sanitizers that they say could contain the deadly chemical methanol, or that lacked enough active bacteria-killing ingredients, like isopropyl alcohol.
As hand sanitizer production increased during the pandemic, more companies pivoted to producing the high-demand product. Ethanol and isopropyl alcohol, the two types of alcohol commonly found in sanitizers and the ingredients that make them effective at killing germs, were in short supply.
That's why the FDA believes some producers starting swapping in methanol, another type of alcohol, and an ingredient used to produce antifreeze and fuel.
Unlike ethanol and isopropyl alcohol, methanol can be deadly when inhaled or absorbed into the bloodstream through your skin. In the United States, any product that contains more than 4% methanol must be labeled as "poison."
That's why health officials flagged nine methanol-containing hand sanitizers that all came from one producer in Mexico. In many cases, these products listed ethanol as the effective ingredient, but once the FDA tested them, they were found to contain methanol.
But since then, more dangerous hand santizers have emerged, and the FDA said it will continue to flag these products to consumers. In addition to methanol-containing products, the FDA is warning of ones that don't have enough active germ-killing ingredients to be effective.
Hand sanitizers that contain methanol
Eskbiochem SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
All-Clear Hand Sanitizer
Esk Biochem Hand Sanitizer
Lavar 70 Gel Hand Sanitizer
The Good Gel Antibacterial Gel Hand Sanitizer
CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80 percent alcohol
CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 75 percent alcohol
Saniderm Advanced Hand Sanitizer
4E Global, ASPI de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Blumen Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer with 70 percent alcohol
Blumen Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear Ethyl Alcohol 70 percent
Bluemn Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear
Klar and Danver Instant Hand Sanitizer (labeled with Greenbrier International Inc.)
Modesa Instant Hand Sanitizer Moisturizers and Vitamin E
Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer
Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Aloe
Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Lavender
Blumen Clear LEAR Advanced Hand Sanitizer
Blumen Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer
The Honeykeeper Hand Sanitizer
Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Clear
Blumen Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer
Blumen Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Lavender
Blumen Aloe Advanced Hand Sanitizer with 70 alcohol
Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Lavendar, with 70 percent alcohol
Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Aloe, with 70 percent alcohol
Blumen Antibacterial Fresh Citrus Hand Sanitizer
Blumen Hand Sanitizer Fresh Citrus
Klar and Danver Instant Hand Sanitizer
Hello Kitty by Sanrio Hand Sanitizer
Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer (Vitamin E and Aloe)
Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer (Aloe and Moisturizers)
Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer Vitamin E and Aloe
Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe and Moisturizers
Blumen Instant Hand Sanitizer Frangrance Free
Blumen Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe Vera
Assured Aloe
AAA Cosmetica (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Bio aaa Advance Hand Sanitizer
LumiSkin Advance Hand Sanitizer, 4 oz.
LumiSkin Advance Hand Sanitizer, 16 oz.
QualitaMed Hand Sanitizer
Grupo Insoma, S.A.P.I. de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Hand Sanitizer Gel Unscented 70 percent alcohol
Soluciones Cosmeticas AA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Bersih Hand Sanitizer Gel Fragrance Free
Antiseptic Alcohol 70 percent Topical Solution hand sanitizer
Transliquid Technologies (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Mystic Shield Protection hand sanitizer
Tropicosmeticos SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Britz Hand Sanitizer Ethyl Alcohol 70 percent
Yara Elena De La Garza Perez Nieto (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
DAESI hand sanitizer
Soluciones Cosmeticas SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Hand sanitizer (labeled with Wet Look Janitorial and Gardening Corp.)
Maquiladora Miniara, SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Selecto Hand Sanitizer
Shine and Clean Hand Sanitizer
Real Clean Distribuciones SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Hand Sanitizer
Keep It Clean
Lux Eoi Hand Sanitizing Gel
ENLIVEN Hand Sanitizing Gel
Cavalry
Scent Theory – Keep It Clean – Pure Clean Anti-bacterial Hand Sanitizer
Anti-Bac Hand Sanitizer
Born Basic. Anti-Bac Hand Sanitizer
MXL Comercial SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Hand Sanitizer Disinfectant Gel 70% Ethyl Alcohol Rinse Free Hand Rub (labeled with Resource Recovery & Trading LLC)
Hand Sanitizer Disinfectant Gel 70% Ethyl Alcohol (labeled with Resource Recovery & Trading LLC)
Liqesa Exportacion or Liq-E-S.A. de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Optimus Instant Hand Sanitizer
Leiper's Fork Distillery (Tennessee) hand sanitizer products, including:
Leiper's Fork Distillery Bulk Disinfectant per 5 gallon
Leiper's Fork Distillery 16 oz bottle
Laboratorios Jaloma, SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Jaloma Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer Ethyl Alcohol 62% with Vitamin E
Broncolin, SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Herbacil Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer 70% Alcohol
Incredible Products SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
GelBact Hand Sanitizer
Pacific Coast Global Inc. and Tritanium Labs LLC Hand Sanitizer
TriCleanz
JG Atlas Comercios SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Sayab Antisepctic Hand Sanitizer 100
Tritanium Labs USA LLC (unknown location) hand sanitizer products, including:
TriCleanz Tritanium Labs Hand Sanitizer
Albek de Mexico SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
NEXT Hand Sanitizer
Modesa Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Moisturizers and Vitamin E
Modesa Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Moisturizers and Aloe Vera
Assured Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Vitamin E and Aloe
Assured Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Aloe and Moisturizers
NuuxSan Instant Hand Sanitizer
NuuxSan Instant Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer
Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer with 70% Alcohol extra soft with glycerin and aloe
Hand sanitizers with subpotent active ingredients
Healthy Foods & Nutrition Lab de Mexico SA de CV (Mexico) hand sanitizer products, including:
Medicare Alcohol Antiseptic Topical Solution
The FDA said any consumers who come across a suspicious product, including hand sanitizer, should report it to their MedWatch program.
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