Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, hand sanitizers have become a sought-after staple of life in a Covid-19-afflicted world.

More than 600 distillers are involved in sanitizer production, according to industry experts, many following WHO rules, which allows for the use of "undenatured" alcohol, a food-grade ethanol that ...

The hospital has enough commercial hand sanitizer for now, but its pharmacists will use the spirit to make more in-house if needed.

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“Typically we make food-grade alcohol that is made to drink and the reason why you just can’t put that on your hands is it’s going to destroy your skin.

UV sanitizers have been shown to work. They sterilize surfaces to eliminate 99.99% of bacteria, fungi, and viruses in hospitals or on personal items.

Some distilleries, he said, initially began producing sanitizer with ethanol, which is used to produce consumable alcohol, and food-safe ingredients.

In the absence of prohibition, most people would be perfectly content to get cheap vodka rather than methylated spirits — which are not meant to be food-grade alcohol.