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Americans warned against drinking hand sanitiser after four die and others go blind
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mirror.co.ukAmericans are being warned not to drink hand sanitiser after four people died and others went partially blind after consuming the substance.
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 15 adults in Arizona and New Mexico were hospitalised for methanol poisoning after consuming alcohol-based hand sanitiser.
Methanol is toxic and can even poison people through their skin, the CDC warned. As an ingredient, methanol is deemed "not acceptable" by the US regulator Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Four people out of the 15 who were hospitalised died, three left hospital with new visual impairments and six had seizures as they were admitted - including three of those who died.
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