HAND SANITIZER

The Granbury, Texas, middle school teacher was conducting a science experiment that she had done other times earlier in the day, police said. She resigned after the incident.

A federal judge ordered the Texas prison system on Tuesday to provide more protective measures against the coronavirus, like hand sanitizer for wheelchair-bound prisoners, at a prison for geriatric inmates. Texas has had more inmate deaths related to the coronavirus than any other prison system in the nation. Its death toll of at least 162 inmates outranks every other state as well as the federal prison system. More than 20 Texas prison employees have also died with the virus. The trial included testimony from several inmates, TDCJ officials and experts on health and prison conditions.

HOUSTON – Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, many companies switched to making much-needed products like PPE and hand sanitizer. Because they already had the containers on-hand, many of the companies that switched to making alcohol-based hand sanitizers have been packing it in containers meant for food or drink. “It’s dangerous to add scents with food flavors to hand sanitizers, which children could think smells like food, eat and get alcohol poisoning,” said Hahn. For more information, people can read the FDA’s guidelines on safe use of hand sanitizer or check out the agency’s question and answer page. People can also go online to see a list of hand sanitizers the FDA says people should not use.

As part of our Ask 2 series, the newsroom will answer your questions about all things Houston. The question: Does hand sanitizer go bad if left in the car? Many experts weighed in on how hand sanitizer reacts to heat inside a vehicle and found out that combustibility is likely a non-issue. Keeping the bottle in a shaded area inside the car such as your glove box is probably a better idea. The CDC recommends storing your hand sanitizer in a safe place and away from open flame or fire, as it is potentially flammable.

Take the new foot pump sanitizing station built by teacher Ashley Martin’s husband. Cody made me a foot pump hand sanitizing station for my classroom! It’s self-standing,” Martin said. “So, the kids aren’t touching on something while they’re waiting to get hand sanitizer. It’s a self-standing system.”The sanitizing station is just one example of how educators are finding ways to adapt in the face of the current pandemic.

The US Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to use hand sanitizer products manufactured by Eskbiochem SA due to the potential presence of a toxic chemical. The FDA has discovered methanol, a substance that can be toxic when absorbed through skin or ingested, in samples of Lavar Gel and CleanCare No Germ hand sanitizers, both produced by the Mexican company. The FDA recommends that consumers avoid the following brands of hand sanitizers produced by Eskbiochem:All-Clean Hand Sanitizer (NDC: 74589-002-01)Esk Biochem Hand Sanitizer (NDC: 74589-007-01)CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 75% Alcohol (NDC: 74589-008-04)Lavar 70 Gel Hand Sanitizer (NDC: 74589-006-01)The Good Gel Antibacterial Gel Hand Sanitizer (NDC: 74589-010-10)CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80% Alcohol (NDC: 74589-005-03)CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 75% Alcohol (NDC: 74589-009-01)CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer 80% Alcohol (NDC: 74589-003-01)Saniderm Advanced Hand Sanitizer (NDC: 74589-001-01)Exposure to significant amounts of methanol can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, permanent blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system or death. Anyone exposed to these hand sanitizers should seek immediate treatment, the FDA warns. The FDA asked Eskbiochem SA to remove its hand sanitizer products from shelves on June 17 but has yet to receive a response from the company.

MEXICO CITY The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about a Mexican-made hand sanitizer gel that it said is dangerous because it contains large amounts of poisonous methanol, or wood alcohol. The FDA said the methanol can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested, and recommended consumers dispose of nine brands of gel sanitizers made by Eskbiochem SA de CV. The FDA said one of the brands contained 81% methanol and no ethyl alcohol, which is the drinkable kind. The brands include All-Clean Hand Sanitizer, CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer, The Good Gel Antibacterial Gel Hand Sanitizer and CleanCare NoGerm Advanced Hand Sanitizer. Methanol is a poisonous cousin of the ethyl alcohol in normal liquors and cannot be smelled or tasted in drinks.

PEARLAND, Tx – A Pearland-based chemical company that normally manufactures salt and brine remover switched gears last month to produce a hot commodity: hand sanitizer. Each gallon of hand sanitizer from Custom Chemicals and Coating will be sold for $60 each. The hand sanitizer, according to their website, exceeds requirements from the CDC and the World Health Organization. Customers who are interested in purchasing the gallons of hand sanitizer can order online, but they must pick up in person. The company is also selling hard surface liquid cleaners for $25.

HOUSTON – This bottle from Tito’s Vodka is something you don’t want to drink. Since the coronavirus pandemic, many people are rushing to buy hand sanitizer to help fight the spread of the virus. It was rumored that you could make hand sanitizer with vodka, but that turned out to be untrue. So, Tito’s Vodka came up with a great idea to use its distillery to make hand sanitizer while its in high demand. Details on the new hand sanitizer have not been released but Tito’s Vodka stated that its distillery is expected to make 24 tons of the sanitizer and it will be given away for free to those who need it most.

HOUSTON – Grateful Dane Distilling Co., a Houston-based craft distillery, has all the tools to make hand sanitizer. The process to make hand sanitizer is easier than making rum, owner Ian Mook said. Mook said he has begun making sanitizer from tasting alcohol that he previously used for small batches of rum. Hand sanitizer is made of four ingredients:Alcohol at 80% by volumeGlycerolHydrogen PeroxideDistilled Water“I don’t intend to go into the hand sanitizer industry permanently, I’m just trying to help out,” Mook said. hand sanitizer bottles for free.

After the first coronavirus-related death in the United States was announced, brothers Matt and Noah Colvin scavenged stores for hand sanitizer. The Colvin brothers continued their buy-outs over a 1,300-mile road trip across Tennesse and into Kentucky, according to The New York Times. For three days, the brothers filled a U-Haul truck with 18,000 bottles of hand sanitizer and packs of antibacterial wipes purchased from hole-in-the-wall dollar stores. Upon returning home, Matt Colvin listed 300 bottles of hand sanitizer on Amazon for between $8 and $70 each. The next day, Amazon suspended thousands of listings for sanitizer, wipes and face masks, leaving the Tennessee man with a stockpile of highly-demanded products and nowhere to sell them.

If you've purchased hand sanitizer without a recognizable label in recent days, watch out. New Jersey police responded to a local 7-Eleven on Monday night after reports that a young boy had been burned by an item sold there as "Spray Sanitizer." CNN reached out to the River Vale 7-Eleven store, but multiple calls to the business went unanswered. It is unclear whether the River Vale location is the maker of the product or acting as a retailer. The River Vale 7-Eleven location is owned by a 7-Eleven franchisee.

Some people are attempting to counter the spread of coronavirus by making their own hand sanitizer out of rubbing alcohol and aloe. "Per the CDC, hand sanitizer needs to contain at least 60% alcohol," Tito's Handmade Vodka tweeted on Thursday. The company was replying to a user who bragged about using the vodka to make a DIY hand sanitizer. If soap and water aren't available, that's when hand sanitizer could come in handy. Homemade hand sanitizer is also not a great option in general, experts say, despite a shortage in the store-bought stuff.