117 Dangerous Hand Sanitizers
Quick, check your hand sanitizer labels! The FDA just updated the list of hand sanitizers it says are too dangerous to use. Some contain dangerous levels of methanol or wood alcohol. Others have such low levels of alcohol that they are not effective at sanitizing hands.
Wood alcohol is used to create fuel and antifreeze. It is not a safe active ingredient for hand sanitizer products. States have also reported incidents of people suffering blindness, hospitalization, and death after ingesting sanitizer with methanol.
According to the FDA “Methanol exposure can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system or death. Although people using these products on their hands are at risk for methanol poisoning, young children who accidentally ingest these products and adolescents and adults who drink these products as an alcohol (ethanol) substitute are most at risk.”
There’s been a huge uptick in demand for hand sanitizer due to COVID-19. Many of these products were imported from Mexico.
If you have any of the products listed, do not use them. Dispose of them in a hazardous waste container. Do not flush them down the toilet or dump them down a drain or sewer.
Below is the complete list of products.
A-B
- Alcohol Antiseptic 62% Hand Sanitizer
- Alcohol Antiseptic 65% Hand Sanitizer; Alcohol Antiseptic 70% Hand Sanitizer
- All-Clean Hand Sanitizer
- Andy’s
- Andy’s Best
- Assured Aloe
- Assured Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Aloe and Moisturizers
- Assured Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with 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
- Assured Instant Hand Sanitizer Vitamin E and Aloe
- Be Safe Hand Sanitizer
- Bernal Hand Sanitizer
- Bersih Antiseptic Alcohol 70% Topical Solution hand sanitizer
- Bersih Hand Sanitizer Gel Fragrance-Free
- bio aaa Advanced Hand Sanitizer
- BLUMEN Advanced Hand Sanitizer
- BLUMEN Advanced Hand Sanitizer
- BLUMEN Advanced Hand Sanitizer Aloe
- Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Aloe, with 70% alcohol
- BLUMEN Advanced Hand Sanitizer Clear
- Blumen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Lavender, with 70% alcohol
- BLUMEN Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear
- BLUMEN Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear
- Blumen Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Clear Ethyl Alcohol 70%
- BLUMEN Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Lavender
- BLUMEN Aloe Advanced Hand Sanitizer, with 70 Alcohol
- BLUMEN Aloe Advanced Hand Sanitizer, with 70 Alcohol
- Blumen Antibacterial Fresh Citrus Hand Sanitizer
- BLUMEN Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer
- BLUMEN Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer
- Blumen Clear Advanced Hand Sanitizer with 70% Alcohol
- BLUMEN Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer
BLUMEN Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe - BLUMEN Clear Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Lavender
BLUMEN Clear LEAR Advanced Hand Sanitizer - BLUMEN Clear LEAR Advanced Hand Sanitizer
- Blumen Hand Sanitizer Fresh Citrus
- BLUMEN Instant Hand Sanitizer Aloe Vera
- BLUMEN Instant Hand Sanitizer Fragrance-Free
- Born Basic. Anti-Bac Hand Sanitizer 65% Alcohol
- Born Basic. Anti-Bac Hand Sanitizer 70% alcohol
- Britz Hand Sanitizer Ethyl Alcohol 70%
dangerous hand sanitizer list
C-L
- Cavalry
- Clean Humans Hand Sanitizer
- CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 75% Alcohol
- CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80% Alcohol
- CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80% Alcohol
- Cleaner Hand Sanitizer Rinse-Free 70%
- Command Gel AntiBac Instant hand sanitizer
- DAESI Hand Sanitizer
- Datsen Hand Sanitizer
- dgreen Advanced Hand Sanitizer Antibacterial Gel
- dgreen Advanced Sanitizer Alcohol Free
- Earths Amenities Instant Unscented Hand Sanitizer with Aloe Vera Advanced
- ENLIVEN Hand Sanitizing Gel
- Esk Biochem Hand Sanitizer
- foamyiQ Lemon Blossom Hand Sanitizer
- GelBact Hand Sanitizer
- Greenfrog Hand Sanitizer
- Greenfrog Hand Sanitizing wipes
- Hand Sanitizer
- Hand Sanitizer
- Hand Sanitizer Agavespa Skincare
- Hand Sanitizer Disinfectant Gel 70% Ethyl Alcohol
- Hand Sanitizer Disinfectant Gel 70% Ethyl Alcohol Rinse Free Hand Rub
- Hand Sanitizer Gel
- Hand Sanitizer Gel Alcohol 70%
- Hand sanitizer Gel Unscented 70% Alcohol
- Handzer Hand Sanitizer Rinse Free
- Hello Kitty Hand Sanitizer
- Herbacil Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer 70% Alcohol
- Herbacil Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer 70% Alcohol
- Herbacil Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer 70% Alcohol
- Jaloma Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer Ethyl Alcohol 62% with Vitamin E
- KLAR AND DANVER Instant Hand Sanitizer
- KLAR and DANVER Instant Hand Sanitizer
- Kleanz Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer Advanced
dangerous hand sanitizer list
L -N
- Lavar 70 Gel Hand Sanitizer
- Leiper’s Fork Distillery Bulk Disinfectant per 5 gallon and Leiper’s Fork Distillery 16 oz bottle
- Lite ’n Foamy Lemon Blossom Hand Sanitizer
- LumiSkin Advance Hand Sanitizer 16 oz
- LumiSkin Advance Hand Sanitizer 4 oz
- Lux Eoi Hand Sanitizing Gel
- Medicare Alcohol Antiseptic Topical Solution
- Modesa Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Moisturizers and Aloe Vera
- Modesa Instant Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer with Moisturizers and Vitamin E
- MODESA Instant Hand Sanitizer Moisturizers and Vitamin E
- Mystic Shield Protection hand sanitizer
- NeoNatural
- NEXT Hand Sanitizer
- NuuxSan Instant Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer
- NuuxSan Instant Hand Sanitizer
O-W
- Optimus Instant Hand Sanitizer
- Optimus Instant Hand Sanitizer
- Optimus Lubricants Instant Hand Sanitizer
- Parabola Hand Sanitizer
- Plus Advanced
- Purity Advanced Hand Sanitizer
- QualitaMed Hand Sanitizer
- Saniderm Advanced Hand Sanitizer
- Sayab Antisepctic Hand Sanitizer 100
- Scent Theory – Keep It Clean – Pure Clean Anti-bacterial Hand Sanitizer
- Scent Theory – Keep It Clean – Pure Clean Anti-bacterial Hand Sanitizer
- Selecto Hand Sanitizer
- Shine and Clean Hand Sanitizer
- The Good Gel Antibacterial Gel Hand Sanitizer
- The Honeykeeper Hand Sanitizer
- TriCleanz
- TriCleanz Tritanium Labs Hand Sanitizer
- Urbane Bath and Body Hand Sanitizer
- Vidanos Easy Cleaning Rentals Hand Sanitizer Agavespa Skincare
- Wave Hand Sanitizer Gel
dangerous hand sanitizer list