Hand Sanitizer

The story of a six-year old named Naija Russell begins with a story about Russell consuming strawberry flavored hand sanitizer. Russell then collapses having swallowed about three or four squirts of the clear strawberry- scented liquid hand sanitizer at school. The hand sanitizer, containing about 45%-95% alcohol made her dangerously drunk. She arrived at the emergency room unable to walk or speak. She was able to recover lucky to not have had any brain damage.

Consuming hand sanitizer has become trend among young children (specifically children under 12) in the US lately. According to a new analysis by the Georgia Poison Center, poison control center hotlines across the United States have seen about a 400% increase in incidents relating to small children swallowing hand sanitizer. Children swallowing hand sanitizer cause serious alcohol poisoning. For this reason, the Poison Control center is urging parents to be wary of the way their child uses hand sanitizer.

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