Is Hand Sanitizer Toxic?
“Word on the street has it that despite how clean your hands feel after using a hand sanitizer, they’re actually still dirty.” According to Bob Barnett of www.cnn.com.
“When it comes to safety and effectiveness, the main concern with hand sanitizers is triclosan, which is the main antibacterial ingredient in nonalcoholic hand sanitizers,” reported, medical analyst Jennifer Shu from www.upwave.com.
Beth Sawicki from www.11alive.com reported, “The truth is, sanitizers work if they are at least 60 percent alcohol. But ones without alcohol use triclosan, an antibacterial agent, which has not been shown to reduce infections or illness and may cause immune system problems in animals.”
“In the end, plain old soap and water still beats hand sanitizer. Wash for 24 seconds, the amount of time it takes to sing happy birthday twice, to get cold and flu viruses off your hands” said Beth Sawicki.
“The rumored news about hand sanitizer is might actually work in a reverse way lowering resistance to disease instead of heightening it, which is quite ironic” according to Dr. Britney Shering, medical examiner and commentator for CNN.
I thought this article was very interesting, it had lots of information about hand sanitizer
and how it is not that effective on cleaning hands.
I enjoyed reading your article because I learned that hand sanitizer does not work
thank you for posting this really helpful article. im never going to be using had sanitizer again.
after reading your article I would like to know more about how hand sanitizer is made.
I enjoyed reading your article because I learned that soap is better than hand sanitizer.