Misuse of Hand Sanitizer Linked to Poisoning Cases in Kids
By Sara G. Miller, Staff Writer | March 2, 2017 03:10pm ET
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Misuse of Hand Sanitizer Linked to Poisoning Cases in Kids
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Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are meant to help keep kids safe from germs, but when kids misuse them, the sanitizers may cause harm. Cases have been reported of kids with eye irritation, vomiting, and even a few cases of kids ingesting sanitizer and winding up in a coma, according to a new report.
From 2011 to 2014, there were more than 70,000 calls to poison control centers across the U.S. for children ages 12 and under who ingested, inhaled or got hand sanitizer in their eyes, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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