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karl
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HAND SANITISER IMPORTANT WARNING

Post by karl » Mon Jul 13, 2020 7:11 pm

Hi folks,

I read today that some sanitisers are being recalled as they could contain Methanol or Ethanol, mine has Ethanol
so as it can be potentially lethal when absorbed into the skin I am binning it.
P.S. Just been confirmed ETHANOL is the safe ingredient but METHANOL is not and it seems it is used in sanitisers in Mexico.
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Re: HAND SANITISER IMPORTANT WARNING

Post by karl » Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:15 pm

My cousin just called to confirm Ethanol is safe it's Methanol that's dodgy but how confusing the names
are so similar.

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Re: HAND SANITISER IMPORTANT WARNING

Post by john » Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:01 am

Thanks for the warning Karl.

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Re: HAND SANITISER IMPORTANT WARNING

Post by maureen & harry » Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:35 pm

Thanks Karl for the info on sanitisers. We bought a new one yesterday and after reading your post checked to see what the contents were and are happy to report that it contained Ethanol so we will be ok.

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