Volu-Sol, Inc. is recalling Volu-Sol Handrub Sanitizing Solution (473 mL / 16 fl oz bottles) because the product lists methanol as an inactive ingredient on the label and is being marketed without required FDA approval. Methanol, or wood alcohol, is a toxic substance that should not be used in hand sanitizers. Consumers should immediately stop using the affected bottles, which were sold to a distributor in California and a hospital system in Utah between 2020 and 2022.
Methanol exposure can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system, or death. While anyone using these products on their hands is at risk, young children who accidentally ingest these products and adolescents or adults who drink these products as an alcohol substitute are at highest risk for methanol poisoning.
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