Aruba Aloe Hand Sanitizer Gel Alcohol 80% and Aruba Aloe Alcoholada Gel were found to contain alcohol denatured with methanol.
Aruba Aloe Balm N.V. is recalling two of its hand sanitizer and aloe gel products over warnings certain exposure could cause comas, seizures and other dangerous health effects.
Substantial exposure to methanol “can result in nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, coma, seizures, permanent blindness, permanent damage to the central nervous system, or death,” Aruba Aloe Balm N.V. said in its recall notice.
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