Centre urges states to extend permissions for hand sanitizer manufacturers

Centre urges states to extend permissions for hand sanitizer manufacturers

Also, the export of hand sanitizer has been allowed and now India is exporting sanitizer to other countries, the letter stated. The ministry of consumer affairs, food & public distribution has directed state governments to extend necessary permissions to distilleries and other units manufacturing hand sanitizer for one more year until December 31, 2021. In … Read more

Kudos! Gujarat engineering students roll out wristwatch with hand sanitizer to make disinfecting easier

Kudos! Gujarat engineering students roll out wristwatch with hand sanitizer to make disinfecting easier

G Band comes in the form of a wristwatch and can spray sanitizer up to 30 times. (Representational Image, PTI Photo) A unique innovation by Gujarat engineering student to make disinfecting easier! Face masks, face-shield, hand sanitizer, social distancing, Covid-19, coronavirus, quarantine, PPE, RT-PCR, rapid-antigen have not only become part of our vocabulary but also … Read more

Covid-19 impact on personal hygiene industry and its future in India

Covid-19 impact on personal hygiene industry and its future in India

The personal hygiene market is set to cross $15 billion by 2023, and the hand sanitizers segment alone will be worth more than Rs 2000 crore by the year 2025. (Representational image) By Vikas Bagaria  In an ideal world, people should be able to do the right things and focus on the right areas as … Read more

Toxic Methanol in Hand Sanitizers: Poisonings Continue

Toxic Methanol in Hand Sanitizers: Poisonings Continue

Aug. 17, 2020 — As the FDA’s warning list about dangerous hand sanitizers containing methanol grows, another troubling trend has emerged. Some people are drinking the sanitizers to get an alcohol high. Others have believed a rumor, circulated online, that drinking the highly potent and toxic alcohol can disinfect the body, protecting them from COVID-19 … Read more