FDA finds new toxic hand-sanitizer ingredient, expands warning to 157 products

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The US Food and Drug Administration is yet again expanding its warnings of toxic hand sanitizers-this time, not just after finding additional dangerous products; the FDA also found an additional toxic ingredient.

The FDA this week announced that it has identified hand sanitizers that contain 1-propanol, a toxic form of alcohol not yet seen in contaminated products. If ingested, it can cause confusion, unconsciousness, slowed pulse and breathing, and even death.

The ever-growing do-not-use" list of dangerous hand sanitizers now includes 157 products. You can see the entire list of dangerous products here on the FDA's website. Below is a sampling of some labels of the dangerous products.

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