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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums15 adults have been hospitalized after drinking methanol-contaminated hand sanitizer. Four died.
Fifteen adults have been poisoned after drinking hand sanitizer that contained methanol, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
Methanol, or wood alcohol, is a toxic chemical that can lead to hospitalization or death if ingested.
The CDC report included 15 cases of methanol poisoning in New Mexico and Arizona that occurred in May and June. The average age was 43, and 13 of the cases were in men. Several of the cases were among American Indians/Alaska Natives, though the report does not detail the exact number. All 15 individuals were hospitalized, and four people died. Another three developed vision problems, a known side effect of methanol poisoning.
All of the cases detailed in the report had had blood tests to confirm the presence of methanol. Additionally, all of the individuals reported past hand sanitizer ingestion.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1235906
dawg day
(7,947 posts)I guess the ones who would drink bleach on Trump's advice.
Grokenstein
(5,727 posts)Naturally, this would not stand. They HAD to do it.
mucifer
(23,576 posts)prohibition when the booze wasn't regulated and people were doing crazy stuff to make booze and the federal government even poisoned some of the booze on purpose.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)while going to school.
We sold a bunch of vanilla extract, cold medicine, Listerine, etc., for alcohol content. It was really sad and depressing. I did talk them out of selling multiple tubes of model airplane glue.