OT: Hand Sanitizer Can Poison Your Children

[Guest guest]

I recently came across these stories (see links below and full story

below that) that tell of the dangers that could happen when using

alcohol-based gel hand cleaners.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp

<http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp>

http://www.parentdish.com/2007/06/26/hand-sanitizer-can-poison-your-chil\

dren/

<http://www.parentdish.com/2007/06/26/hand-sanitizer-can-poison-your-chi\

ldren/>

(read all the way down past the story)

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(OKMULGEE, Okla.) May 14 - The pre-kindergarten student at Okmulgee

Primary School ingested a small amount of `hand sanitizer` right before

lunch. The school says a teacher put some on the child's hands to clean

them, but instead of rubbing it on her hands, the girl ate it. The girl

had to be rushed to the hospital when she acted intoxicated. You expect

hand sanitizer to keep your kids safe but one of the main ingredients in

the stuff is actually alcohol. If you turn it over and look at the label

it shows 62-percent alcohol that's enough to make adults and many

kids drunk or sick.

Four-year-old Halle is doing much better but just a few days ago

it was a much different story.

Halle`s mom says, " I'll never forget the look in her eyes when she

looked at me... It was... nuh uh. " " I walked in and she's leaning up

against the wall and her eyes are just kinda...doing whatever...they

were not focused on anything, she tried to get up and can't walk? "

Halle`s dad recalls. Halle`s parents eventually learned their daughter

had eaten, rather than rubbed on her hands, a small amount of hand

sanitizer. Doctors say the alcohol inside made her intoxicated.

The incident scared everyone including school officials. The very next

day the school banned hand sanitizer.

The school's principal says, " it was a surprise, kinda unbelievable.

We were killing the germs before they go to lunch so they wouldn't

be eating the germs...and then we find out later...we're doing as

much harm as we are doing good. "

Halle`s mom says, " it was horrible...I think my heart stayed up in my

throat the majority of the day. "

Halle's mom now wants other parents to be aware of what can happen... so

no one else goes through what they have.

So after an incident like this many parents may be wondering...is hand

sanitizer safe? Well the makers of hand sanitizer say, " yes it is as

long as it's used as directed. That means kids need to put it on

their hands and use it on their hands. They should never put hand

sanitizer in their mouths. "

Poison control experts say drinking hand sanitizer can be fatal in both

children and adults.

The reason is that sanitizer contains 62-percent alcohol...while most

hard liquor contains 40-percent. Beer in Oklahoma meanwhile contains 3.2

percent.

Inergize Digital Media.

© 2007 Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc.

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Our Autistic pumpkins pick up lots of disgusting stuff, especially the 3

littlest. (We have 6 ASD children) We were always worried that

something could happen just like what is told in these situations. We

would constantly clean their hands and the alcohol in the gel cleaners

would dry out their little hands and make them red and raw.

Robin was telling me that one the the aides at our preschoolers class

was practically crying, when she used a gel cleaner just yesterday. She

was always needing to clean up between the children and lessons. Her

hands were cracked and the alcohol made her hands sting something

terrible.

We found this hand sanitizer that has NO ALCOHOL, actually softens your

hands, cleans hands as well or better as the gel, has about 4 times the

pumps as the other stuff and the best part? It puts a germ protecting

barrier on the hands that lasts about 3 to 4 hours. And it smells good.

We use it all the time now and I liked it so much that I have my own web

page that sells it.

http://www.mypureworks.com/my10kids/tours/product/default.aspx

<http://www.mypureworks.com/my10kids/tours/product/default.aspx> Also

click on the " View The Product Tour! " link, it will be a short video.

(the phone # is not current)

Yes, BEWARE when you buy a bottle from my page I'll make about a dollar.

But, what do the huge company's make on these alcohol gel products that

could be dangerous. That dry out your hands, sting when you use them

and only kill germs until the alcohol dries? Hey! These would make

great Christmas presents to people you love and care about.

The bottom line here is my kids put too many things in their mouths, I'm

trying to protect them the best way I know how. Hope this helps you and

your family.

Our blog: http://autismbitestheblog.blogspot.com/

<http://autismbitestheblog.blogspot.com/>

[Guest guest]

Even Snopes says that it is *extremely* unlikely for a

child to get poisoned by hand sanitizers. I don't

really think any of the parents here would leave their

children unattended with hand sanitizer, which would

be what was necessary to have something like that

happen.

Of course it's alcohol in the sanitizers. In other

sanitizers you will find triclosan, which is an

extremely dangerous chemical, far more dangerous than

plain alcohol. It also contributes to antibiotic

resistance, which is very bad.

I'd just hate to see someone jump from the frying pan

into the fire and start thinking triclosan sanitizers

were safer, because they are not.

All the recent articles about lead, for example, are

far more worrisome in my opinion. Lead has been found

in not only cheap toys (yes like what's at the dollar

store), but also in plastics, such as the caps of

Elmer's glue sticks.

There are really far worse things to worry about and

we have to pick and choose here.

B.

ASD son, RA self, SCD Nov. 2007

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> I recently came across these stories (see links

> below and full story

> below that) that tell of the dangers that could

> happen when using

> alcohol-based gel hand cleaners.

>

> http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp

> <http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp>

>

>

http://www.parentdish.com/2007/06/26/hand-sanitizer-can-poison-your-chil\

> dren/

>

<http://www.parentdish.com/2007/06/26/hand-sanitizer-can-poison-your-chi\

> ldren/>

>

> (read all the way down past the story)

>

>

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\

>

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\

> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> (OKMULGEE, Okla.) May 14 - The pre-kindergarten

> student at Okmulgee

> Primary School ingested a small amount of `hand

> sanitizer` right before

> lunch. The school says a teacher put some on the

> child's hands to clean

> them, but instead of rubbing it on her hands, the

> girl ate it. The girl

> had to be rushed to the hospital when she acted

> intoxicated. You expect

> hand sanitizer to keep your kids safe but one of the

> main ingredients in

> the stuff is actually alcohol. If you turn it over

> and look at the label

> it shows 62-percent alcohol that's enough to make

> adults and many

> kids drunk or sick.

>

> Four-year-old Halle is doing much better but

> just a few days ago

> it was a much different story.

>

> Halle`s mom says, " I'll never forget the look in her

> eyes when she

> looked at me... It was... nuh uh. " " I walked in

> and she's leaning up

> against the wall and her eyes are just kinda...doing

> whatever...they

> were not focused on anything, she tried to get up

> and can't walk? "

> Halle`s dad recalls. Halle`s parents eventually

> learned their daughter

> had eaten, rather than rubbed on her hands, a small

> amount of hand

> sanitizer. Doctors say the alcohol inside made her

> intoxicated.

>

> The incident scared everyone including school

> officials. The very next

> day the school banned hand sanitizer.

>

> The school's principal says, " it was a surprise,

> kinda unbelievable.

> We were killing the germs before they go to lunch so

> they wouldn't

> be eating the germs...and then we find out

> later...we're doing as

> much harm as we are doing good. "

>

> Halle`s mom says, " it was horrible...I think my

> heart stayed up in my

> throat the majority of the day. "

>

> Halle's mom now wants other parents to be aware of

> what can happen... so

> no one else goes through what they have.

>

> So after an incident like this many parents may be

> wondering...is hand

> sanitizer safe? Well the makers of hand sanitizer

> say, " yes it is as

> long as it's used as directed. That means kids need

> to put it on

> their hands and use it on their hands. They should

> never put hand

> sanitizer in their mouths. "

>

> Poison control experts say drinking hand sanitizer

> can be fatal in both

> children and adults.

>

> The reason is that sanitizer contains 62-percent

> alcohol...while most

> hard liquor contains 40-percent. Beer in Oklahoma

> meanwhile contains 3.2

> percent.

>

>

> Inergize Digital Media.

>

> © 2007 Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc.

>

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\

>

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\

> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> Our Autistic pumpkins pick up lots of disgusting

> stuff, especially the 3

> littlest. (We have 6 ASD children) We were always

> worried that

> something could happen just like what is told in

> these situations. We

> would constantly clean their hands and the alcohol

> in the gel cleaners

> would dry out their little hands and make them red

> and raw.

>

> Robin was telling me that one the the aides at our

> preschoolers class

> was practically crying, when she used a gel cleaner

> just yesterday. She

> was always needing to clean up between the children

> and lessons. Her

> hands were cracked and the alcohol made her hands

> sting something

> terrible.

>

> We found this hand sanitizer that has NO ALCOHOL,

> actually softens your

> hands, cleans hands as well or better as the gel,

> has about 4 times the

> pumps as the other stuff and the best part? It puts

> a germ protecting

> barrier on the hands that lasts about 3 to 4 hours.

> And it smells good.

>

> We use it all the time now and I liked it so much

> that I have my own web

> page that sells it.

>

>

http://www.mypureworks.com/my10kids/tours/product/default.aspx

>

<http://www.mypureworks.com/my10kids/tours/product/default.aspx>

> Also

> click on the " View The Product Tour! " link, it will

> be a short video.

> (the phone # is not current)

>

>

> Yes, BEWARE when you buy a bottle from my page I'll

> make about a dollar.

> But, what do the huge company's make on these

> alcohol gel products that

> could be dangerous. That dry out your hands, sting

> when you use them

> and only kill germs until the alcohol dries? Hey!

> These would make

> great Christmas presents to people you love and care

> about.

>

> The bottom line here is my kids put too many things

> in their mouths, I'm

> trying to protect them the best way I know how.

> Hope this helps you and

> your family.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Our blog: http://autismbitestheblog.blogspot.com/

> <http://autismbitestheblog.blogspot.com/>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

>

>

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