A great way to keep those tiny fingers clean, many parents pack their children off to school with a pleasant-smelling bottle of sanitiser.
However, vigilance and care are required when it comes to leaving hand sanitiser in the hands of our children, and a new research report has proven this.
Experts in the US have issued a warning, after it was revealed that the number of cases of kids under 12 poisoned as a result of ingesting hand sanitiser has risen significantly in recent years.
According to an analysis by the Georgia Poison Centre, there were 16,117 reported cases of child poisoning in 2014 – a huge jump from 2010’s figure of 3, 266 - and alcohol-based hand sanitiser is playing a major role.
The centre’s director told the news outlet that pleasant scents and flavourings have added to the danger: “A kid is not thinking this is bad for them. There are strawberry-, grape-, orange-flavoured hand sanitisers that are very appealing to kids.”
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