Wednesday, January 27th 2021, 2:52 pm
By: CBS News
More than half of hand sanitizers imported from Mexico contain dangerous levels of toxic ingredients and should not be used by consumers, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In January alone, more than 900 accidental poisonings involving hand sanitizer were reported in the U.S., the overwhelming majority involving young children.
The FDA on Tuesday issued a countrywide import alert for alcohol-based hand sanitizers from Mexico, the agency s latest attempt to address a pandemic-induced spike in products contaminated with methanol, or wood alcohol. The substance, which in most cases is not listed as an ingredient on the labels, can be toxic when absorbed through the skin, and life-threatening when ingested.
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COVID-19: Increased Risk of Poisoning Associated With Use of Alcohol Based Sanitizer. by Aishwarya Nair on December 17, 2020 at 12:04 PM
Cases of intentional and unintentional sanitizer poisoning have been reported. During this COVID-19 pandemic the poisoning cases have soared.
In the United Kingdom, alcohol based hand sanitizer poisonings reported to the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) increased by 157%. From 1 January 2019 to 16 September 2019 the cases reported were 155. On the contrary from January 1 and September 14 2020 the 398 cases were reported.
The major requirement is to protect those at higher risk of intentional or unintentional swallowing of alcohol based sanitizer. Population at a higher risk are children, people with confusion/ dementia or people with mental health problems.
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As COVID-19 continues to plague the world, it’s important to keep yourself apprised of new information that could make a difference in your life. Here are a few COVID-19-related items that could affect your health.
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Vitamin D
Vitamin D supplements can help protect against contracting acute respiratory tract infections. A recent study found that vitamin D deficiency on admission to the hospital was associated with a 3.7-fold increase in the odds of dying from COVID-19. Nearly 60 percent of patients with COVID-19 were vitamin D deficient upon hospitalization, with men in the advanced stages of COVID-19 pneumonia showing the greatest deficit. Whether vitamin D will prevent COVID-19 infections is being tested in multiple prospective studies. However, since it is well tolerated, taking vitamin D3 (1000-2000 units/day) as a prophylactic precaution during this pandemic seems