FDA Warns of 'High Levels' of Disease-Causing Bacteria Found in Certain Hand Sanitizers

FOXNews.com ^ | Tuesday, June 09, 2009 | Associated Press

[metmom]

I also never use the kid’s seat area on shopping carts. That’s where the pee is.

I outgrew those years ago....;)

I usually flip the seat up to keep stuff from falling out but that's a good point.

I also make it a practice to use carts that have been out in the weather, or sitting out in the sun all day. I'll bring them in from the parking lot if need be.

[metmom]

I don’t know either.

[metmom]

One thing for sure, is that I don’t really trust all those wipes that claim to be disinfectant.

[metmom]

ping

[American_Centurion]

MRSA is antibiotic resistant strain of staph right?

How does resistance to antibiotics = resistance to 62% alcohol?

Does not compute.

[Varda]

I don't know what brand it was but my son's high school class put various things into petri dishes to see bacteria growth. The hand sanitizer was the worst one!

[Jeff Chandler]

The local supermarket, Basha's, uses these:

[Jeff Chandler]

We are creating “super bugs” with all these sanitizers

Please cite the research demonstrating that use of 60%+ alcohol hand sanitizers is creating super bugs.

[neverdem]

thanks, bfl

[Old Professer]

Lysol contains 79% ethanol by weight which makes it 98.75% pure alcohol; the propellant is CO2.

[mono]

I often wonder how I survived growing up as a child of 1940s-50s. Hardly anything was regulated or inspected. We got by with a little soap and water...as little as possible.

[xarmydog]

I do not have a clue as to why I thought that combination,which resembled lotion,would work on a recurring hemorrhoid.
Once I applied a dab on the button spot,it took ten minutes before I could unclench my buttocks.
I won,t go into the screaming aspect as it was not manly.
And a garden hose works very well as an emergency bidet,in case some one has a similar situation.

[Cyber Liberty]

So that’s what one of those looks like! I was going to post something about Basha’s, glad to see you beat me to it, with a photo no less...I guess it sprays vinegar on the carts. I wonder if it makes them smell like salad?

[Cyber Liberty]

Lysol contains 79% ethanol by weight which makes it 98.75% pure alcohol

That must be why it makes a fine flame-thrower?

[Cyber Liberty]

Words cannot describe how too much that information is....

;^)

[Jeff Chandler]

I guess it sprays vinegar on the carts.

That makes sense-vinegar is a great disinfectant. My daughter's Pug dog had an ear fungus problem, so I keep a condiment bottle filled with a 50/50 mix of vinegar and water. I flush out her ears (the dog) with every bath she gets and her ears stay as healthy as can be.

[TChris]

That’s where the pee is.

Not that it makes the idea any more pleasant, but urine is sterile (unless the kid had an infection...)

[metmom]

That’s what I was told.

I suppose it depends on the sanitizer, like this one maybe....

[xarmydog]

It was not my intention to give too much”TMI”.I apologize.
It looked like a lotion and with my issues,seemed like a good idea at the time.
I should have drank it instead.
Unfortunately,the Wife feels like it was the funniest thing she had ever seen.
But I had good and very loyal dogs who hid at the time.
Sissie's!

[King Moonracer]

LOL LMAO at your expense!!! ;-)