COVID-19 and frequent use of hand sanitizers; human health and environmental hazards by exposure pathways.

ABSTRACT: Till date no medication or vaccine is available to cope with the COVID-19 infection and infection rate is increasing drastically across the globe. Only preventive measures and healthy life style with efficient immune system have been suggested by WHO to fight and stay safe from COVID-19. WHO recommended alcohol based hand sanitizers for frequent hand hygiene, which are mainly made up from ethanol, isopropyl alcohols, hydrogen peroxides in different combinations. These preparations may become toxic to human health and environment when misused. These chemicals have known toxic and hazardous impact on environment when released by evaporation. In early five months of 2020, American Association of Poison Control Center reported 9504 alcoholic hand sanitizer exposure cases in children under the

SUBMITTER: Mahmood A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7320712 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature