<story><title>Benzene detected in hand sanitizers</title><url>https://www.valisure.com/blog/valisure-news/valisure-detects-benzene-in-hand-sanitizers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Abishek_Muthian</author><text>Almost every chemical factory which had license to Ethanol where I live started making hand sanitizers to meet&amp;#x2F;exploit the demand last year. Most of them where just white-labeled and so I wouldn&amp;#x27;t be surprised if there was other harmful substances in it.&lt;p&gt;Doctors here advise to use soap over hand sanitizers if there&amp;#x27;s water available. But now there&amp;#x27;s another problem, all these obsessive hand wash with soap is making the skin dry[1] and causing other skin problems.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;needgap.com&amp;#x2F;problems&amp;#x2F;198-hand-wash-liquid-which-doesnt-make-the-skin-dry-skincare-hygiene&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;needgap.com&amp;#x2F;problems&amp;#x2F;198-hand-wash-liquid-which-does...&lt;/a&gt; (Disclaimer: It&amp;#x27;s a problem validation platform I built).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jbotz</author><text>Your skin &amp;quot;dries out&amp;quot; because soap removes the natural oils of your skin.  The solution is to replace the oils.  Coconut oil or olive oil are good choices.  A few drops on your still-wet hands, then spread it around by rubbing your hands together; your skin being slightly wet helps spread the oil evenly.  The oil will be completely absorbed within a few minutes, so don&amp;#x27;t worry about having oily hands.</text></comment>
<story><title>Benzene detected in hand sanitizers</title><url>https://www.valisure.com/blog/valisure-news/valisure-detects-benzene-in-hand-sanitizers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Abishek_Muthian</author><text>Almost every chemical factory which had license to Ethanol where I live started making hand sanitizers to meet&amp;#x2F;exploit the demand last year. Most of them where just white-labeled and so I wouldn&amp;#x27;t be surprised if there was other harmful substances in it.&lt;p&gt;Doctors here advise to use soap over hand sanitizers if there&amp;#x27;s water available. But now there&amp;#x27;s another problem, all these obsessive hand wash with soap is making the skin dry[1] and causing other skin problems.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;needgap.com&amp;#x2F;problems&amp;#x2F;198-hand-wash-liquid-which-doesnt-make-the-skin-dry-skincare-hygiene&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;needgap.com&amp;#x2F;problems&amp;#x2F;198-hand-wash-liquid-which-does...&lt;/a&gt; (Disclaimer: It&amp;#x27;s a problem validation platform I built).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cultofmetatron</author><text>use doctor bronners. works extremely well and they don&amp;#x27;t remove the glycerin so it won&amp;#x27;t dry out your hands.</text></comment>