Health officials warned that drinking hand sanitizer made with either methanol or ethanol could cause a headache, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, loss of coordination and ...

Knowing how to make hand sanitizer is useful if you ever find yourself in the middle of a health emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic. But these and other DIY recipes are only for extreme cases ...

Ethyl alcohol in hand sanitizer can cause the same issues as drinking too much of an alcoholic beverage, he said. Hand sanitizer commonly ranges from 60-70% alcohol, which is the equivalent of 120 ...

Hand sanitizer can be especially convenient for killing germs when you’re on the go or traveling. But while many hand sanitizers claim to kill 99.9% of germs, they’re not effective against ...

I don't advise it, but if you're determined to make your own hand sanitizer (and can actually find the ingredients to do so), avoid any recipes that don't use at least 60% alcohol.

Hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol helps kill germs when soap and water aren't available. However, the disinfectant properties reduce over time. It's important to help prevent the spread of ...

Differences in a sanitizer's ingredients is one factor that might explain the discrepancy between results. Based on the active agents, there are two main types of sanitizer: alcohol-based hand ...

Enter liquor distilleries. Distilleries are stepping in to help combat the hand sanitizer shortage by using the alcohol in their facilities to create their own alcohol-based solutions. Some are ...

Hand hygiene is a key way to prevent the spread of Covid-19. With the wide use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer, however, there has been an increase in chemical injuries in children who have ...

As fears of a coronavirus pandemic sweep across the nation, Americans have been buying up face masks, hand sanitizer and oat milk at skyrocketing rates. Sales for medical face masks in the U.S ...

The pandemic-induced boom of hand sanitizer production in the U.S. — which saw companies like Coca-Cola, Tito's Vodka, and thousands of small-scale distilleries rush to make the product in 2019 ...