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Is Hand Sanitizer Actually Bad For You?

AsapSCIENCE | January 8, 2026



Should you stop using hand sanitizer?
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Further Reading:

[1] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/hand-sanitizer-sales-soar-in-wake-of-sars-outbreak/article18285287/
[2] https://www.utoronto.ca/news/do-hand-sanitizers-really-work
[3] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK144041/
[4] http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/show-me-the-science-hand-sanitizer.html
[5] http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/show-me-the-science-handwashing.html
[6] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19115974
[7] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17683018
[8] http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/UCM378615.pdf
[9] http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es500495p
[10] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506900
[11] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15183878
[12] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19815578
[13] https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/biol_hazards/methicillin.html
[14] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/antibiotic-resistance-new-drug-nose-mrsa-superbugs-lugdunin-a7160131.html
[15] http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/s0531-mcr-1.html
[16] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/03/14/first-new-antibiotic-in-30-years-discovered-in-major-breakthroug/
[17] http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v517/n7535/full/nature14098.html

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Comments

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  1. @Thomy-xo3uw

    January 8, 2026 at 5:42 am

    I wash my hands with water and soap and never with hand sanitizer. I just hate the stinky jelly hand sanitizer. And i feel a huge discomfort when i use sanitizer, so i always use soap.

  2. @krenzzie7290

    January 8, 2026 at 5:42 am

    Yes, skin on my knuckles legit cracked open because we're forced to put that bs on 4 times every day in school, I'd imagine condtantly exposing my hands to 80% alcohol aint good

  3. @LuMESHtv

    January 8, 2026 at 5:42 am

    Putting profitability before health is disgusting! Anyone in need of high volume hand sanitizers qualified and certified with GMP regulations, please let me know. It helps support my talk show so I can feature entrepreneurs who are making a wellness and sustainable impact at $0 exposure opportunities. organic exposure.

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