I was reading through the news today on Yahoo and came across this frightening story of how toxic hand sanitizers really are.

Now, I'm not saying that I was careless about hand sanitizers before but I sure didnt think about the toxicity on it and since we use hand sanitizers when we go out shopping our out to eat as a family because we don't want to catch every illness that is going around, this story really caught my attention.

Hand sanitizers are now being listed as intoxicants via the Poison Control center and for good reason. The article goes on to talk about how the alcohol in the hand sanitizer is like the alcohol in liquor. For the rest of the story go on over to the yahoo health news, but first tell us what you think here.

Do you use hand sanitizers on your children? Are you concerned about the potential for abuse by older children such as teens? Will you keep hand sanitizers in a different place now that you are more aware of the dangers of it or are doctors simply making too big of deal out of this?

Labels: dangers, hand sanitizers, moms, poison control