Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Banned from Schools

It appears as if Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board officials have been reading this blog.

According to a CBC report today, those officials cited one primary factor — the fear that it could be used to start fires — as having influenced their decision to ban alcohol-based hand sanitizer from dozens of Nova Scotia schools this fall. Other factors mentioned in the piece were the high alcohol content of alcohol-based hand cleaners and hand sanitizers and the ingestion hazards they pose.

Coincidentally, several CLEANpHIRST™ blog posts have covered the same topics:

In an Aug. 27 post (Can 12,000 Emergency Room Visits Be Ignored?), I highlighted the American Association of Poison Control Center statistic that almost 12,000 children were taken to emergency rooms in 2006 after ingesting alcohol-based hand sanitizer; and
In a July 30 post (Videos Capture Attention at Safety Conference), I highlighted YouTube videos which showed evidence of the fire dangers presented by alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

Keep reading, Canada, and let us know if you need some Cleanphirst Alcohol-Free Foam Hand Sanitizer up North.

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