The regulator has focused on getting a large number of hand sanitizers that contain another contaminant, a poisonous alcohol called methanol, off the market. Valisure asked the FDA to recall hand sanitizers that have high levels of benzene. Once bottles of hand sanitizer hit store shelves, the benzene is supposed to have been distilled away or at least to very low levels. The chemical is also used to purify ethanol, the grain alcohol used to make hand sanitizers. It has been found to cause leukemia in workers in manufacturing industries. The World Health Organization’s cancer research arm ranks it among the most dangerous cancer-causing chemicals, on par with asbestos. Photographer: Tiffany Hagler-Geard / Bloombergīenzene is a serious carcinogen. Another cleanser among the top offenders was a Baby Yoda-themed bottle from Best Brands Consumer Products.
Valisure found those big-name brands were safe.Īrtnaturals, which has more than 10,000 reviews on for various versions of its 8-ounce and 1-gallon hand sanitizer containers, had the highest benzene levels at 16 parts per million in one of the bottles Valisure tested.
Food and Drug Administration allowed for liquid hand sanitizers to try to keep supply on shelves even as mainstays like Purell and Suave sold out. Twenty-one bottles from 15 different brands contained benzene levels over two parts per million, which is a temporary limit the U.S. Online pharmacy Valisure, which tests the products it sells for impurities, analyzed 260 hand sanitizer bottles from 168 brands and found 17% contained detectable levels of the known carcinogen benzene. But sometimes when newcomers help fill a supply gap, standards droop.
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