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Consumer advocates warn of hand disinfection in PET bottles
Hand disinfection is an important part of the prevention of infection with the novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Such means also serve to protection against many other infectious diseases. Consumer protection groups and consumer advocates warn before hand disinfectants that are available in PET bottles. If the contents of such bottles and is drunk due to a mix-up, threaten to severe poisoning.
How the consumer writes the Central Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV) in a recent notification, has not increased due to the current Corona of the crisis, the demand for disinfectants by leaps and bounds, but also to containers for the bottling. Therefore, alcohol can find, with a few alcoholic solutions for hand disinfection in PET bottles-bottles in the Form of commercially available drinks.
Danger especially for children
From the point of view of preventive consumer health protection, the offer, the form of these products represents a health risk for consumers.
Because the bottle gives the impression that there is water in it, regardless of the labelling.
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“We see the risk that the disinfectant could be confused with a water bottle. Especially the Sportcap closure to this conclusion,“ says Nora, Röder, head of the Department of food and nutrition of the consumer MV.
Straight kids might feel from such a bottle is attracted to, because many in children’s popular beverages (fruit juice, spritzers, iced tea, sports drinks) are also sold in these PET bottles.
Products should not be purchased
The consumer is concerned that the label dissolves during use. No safety precaution is more, and consumers consumers could have a drink from the alleged water bottle.
A further use of the empty packaging as a drinking bottle is also not ruled out.
“We consider the use of a commercially for beverage PET bottle for the storage of hand sanitizer is dangerous and recommend not to buy these products,” says Nora Röder.
Harmful poisoning threaten
The Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft (BAG) Mehr Sicherheit für kinder e. V. explained in an older message, how health can be damaging to the such means if they are swallowed:
The most common symptoms of a poisoning by disinfectants are pain therefore irritation of the eyes, vomiting, irritation in the mouth, cough and abdominal.
Especially in the case of small children, or if larger amounts are swallowed, could face life-threatening complications.
A disinfectant containing no alcohol, can cause poisoning. (ad)