The Dangers Of Hand Sanitizer

In the past 5 years, poison control centers throughout the United States have had around a 400% increase in calls about children ingesting hand sanitizer. Most of the younger victims say they ingested it because packaging is pretty, and the scented sanitizers that come in different flavors smell good. Older children, however, have started drinking hand sanitizer intentionally to get drunk or as a dare from friends as well. Children do not seem to understand the danger in this. Wine and beer only contain about 12% alcohol, whereas the amount of alcohol in hand sanitizer ranges from 50-95%. Ingesting even the smallest amounts can cause alcohol poisoning. Six-year-old Nhaijah Russell swallowed three or four squirts while she was at school. Once she was taken to the emergency room, her blood-alcohol level was 0.179, which is twice what would be considered for adults to be legally drunk. Dr. Gaylord Lopez, the Georgia Poison Center's director, sent out letters to Georgia's schools warning them and recommending the teachers to monitor the sanitizer and keep it out of reach of children. 

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