Multiple lots of Aruba Aloe Hand Sanitizer and Pain relief gel are being recalled due to methanol contamination which is toxic to the skin and poisonous if ingested.
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Aruba Aloe Balm N.V. has issued a voluntary recall of some of its hand sanitizer products due to the presence of alcohol denatured with methanol, which poses significant health risks to consumers. Forty lots of Aruba Aloe Hand Sanitizer Gel Alcohol 80% and Aruba Aloe Alcoholada Gel were found to have contained methanol, the company said Friday in a press release in conjunction with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "Although all persons using these products on their hands are at risk, young children who accidentally ingest these products and adolescents and adults who drink these products as an alcohol (ethanol) substitute are most at risk for methanol poisoning," the company said in a .
FDA warns methanol exposure could lead to nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, coma, seizures, permanent blindness, permanent damage to the CNS, or death
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