We've got it Backwards
We've got it Backwards,

People use hand sanitizers to get rid of bacteria thinking that is the cause of flu & illness;

 

What is not realized is that it is largely composed of glycol ethers (70% or so) which are the real cause of flu and AUTOIMMUNE ISSUES

keeping the 'good bacteria' and having a properly working immune system & NOT 'defating your skin'   *

would be a better reason NOT to use these sanitizers;

just a plain bar of soap for me, please
 
http://www.officedepot.com/pdf/msds/450073.pdf
62% ethyl alcohol

<5% isopropanol

& worse:  per ingredients on the product itself:  propylene glycol, aminomethyl propanol

http://www.valdezlink.com/re/health/handsanitizers.htm

1-8-2011

Flu symptoms may also be:  Exposure to Glycol Ether + 'the anemia' Glycol Ether Causes *
What are the glycol ethers?  *  *

Glycol: any of a class of organic chemicals characterized by having separate two hydroxyl (-OH) groups, contribute to high water solubility, hygroscopicity and reactivity with many organic compounds, on usually linear and aliphatic carbon chain. The general formula is CnH2n(OH)2 or (CH2)n(OH)2

http://www.valdezlink.com/re/vets/aglycolether.htm

Discuss here:  http://www.trackpads.com/forum/health-fitness/300171-maggies-thread-35.html#post3539748

or this blog:  http://www.trackpads.com/forum/blogs/margaret-diann/135-maggies-thread-hand-sanitizers-defat-skin-cause-illness.html  

Is Pepper Spray unnecessarily used in training Police & Troopers & Military in our Nation? * *

2-10% of pepper spray is 'pepper' the balance are additives and health damaging propellants

I wish we were not 'practicing' on the good guys in training:   a waste of money and an extreme, unnecessary health risk

Primary routes of exposure to glycol ether:  at cuticle areas and vapors in eyes,

also, of course, ingestion, dermal, who knows what all?