Because it kills both good and bad bacteria, hand sanitizer should be used sparingly, and only in situations that truly warrant it.

You’re not imagining it—some new sanitizers stink. Here’s what changed with the manufacturing process.

We don’t know about you, but we grew up with lots and lots of hand sanitizer in our lives, especially in school….

There’s a scientific reason your hand sanitizer may smell like crap. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans flocked to stores to stock up on cleaning essentials, leaving shelves ...

Why does hand sanitizer smell so bad? It's time to take the perfume out of hand sanitizer. Credit: Aleksandr ZubkoV / Getty Images At some point last year, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, people ...

In total, there are now more than 75 hand sanitizers that may contain the toxic ingredient methanol. Questions about methanol contamination in hand sanitizer?

When COVID-19 hit, many companies with commercial connections to alcohol wanted to make hand sanitizer. The United States Food and Drug Administration ...

Teenagers are turning to hand sanitizer in search of a cheap legal buzz, poison control centers report. Doctors say it's dumb, and dangerous.

There’s been a nearly 400% increase in poison control calls related to children ingesting hand sanitizer in the last five years.

A friend recently told me that when her family stopped using hand sanitizer and antibacterial wipes all the time, they stopped getting sick so much.

Ah, the never-ending question: "Is hand sanitizer bad for you?" So, like, is it? We finally have an answer, and it's not what we expected, TBH.