• Health

Consumers Beware: Some Hand Sanitizer Brands Are Toxic

• CDC
• COVID-19
• FDA
• hand washing
• methanol
• toxic

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now has identified fourteen brands of hand sanitizer products on the market that contain methanol, “a substance that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested,” according to the agency. 

Why This Matters:  After the President suggested that disinfectants might be a good treatment for COVID-19, many worried about the public improperly using household cleaning products to treat themselves.  But there are also manufacturers who peddle dangerous products and we need to be able to trust the government when it says a product should or should not be used in fighting COVID.

• Health

FDA Warns 9 Brands of Hand Sanitizer May Be Toxic

• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• hand sanitizer
• hand washing
• public health

The Food and Drug Administration has put out a warning that U.S. consumers should not use any of nine brands of possibly toxic hand sanitizer that may contain methanol, or wood alcohol, a substance that’s potentially dangerous when absorbed through the skin or ingested. As CNN explained, exposure to significant amounts of methanol can result in […]

• Water

Water Treatment Is More Crucial Now Than Ever – But Got No $$ in the Stimulus

• clean water
• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• hand washing
• safe drinking water
• stimulus
• Stimulus Package

By Zoey Shipley and Monica Medina Drinking water and wastewater utilities – many of which are run by state and local governments – did not get dedicated assistance in the Stimulus package the House of Representatives will vote on today, even though they are going to face steeply declining revenue when people and businesses can’t […]