FDA Warns Against Using 5 More Hand Sanitizers Found to Contain Methanol

A customer buys a hand sanitizers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 19, 2020. Lars Hagberg/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added five hand sanitizers to its list of products that have tested positive for a toxic chemical.

These additional hand sanitizer products tested positive for methanol, which is a substance that can be toxic when absorbed through skin or ingested.