>> >

>> > We all think hand sanitizer is wonderful ... be careful ... Read on!

>> > Important Information

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> > PASSING THIS ON AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

>> > BE SURE TO GO TO (SNOPES.COM <http://snopes.com/> )

>> >

>> > I believe this why Walmart and other stores have stopped selling

>> > Purell over the counter, especially when school begins. This a new way

>> > that teenagers are also getting a fix that is cheap!! We need to

>> > beware of our youth and educate them on these dangers.

>> >

>> > Warning for all parents/grandparents, someone sent me this and I

>> > thought it was important enough to send on.....

>> >

>> > Yesterday, my youngest daughter, Halle , who is 4, was rushed to

>> > the emergency room by her father for being severely lethargic and

>> > incoherent. He was called to her school by the school secretary for

>> > being 'very VERY sick.'

>> >

>> > He told me that when he arrived, Halle was barely sitting in the

>> > chair. She couldn't hold her own head up and when he looked into her

>> > eyes, she couldn't focus them.

>> >

>> > He immediately scooped her up and rushed her to the ER, and then

>> > called me.

>> >

>> > When we got there, they ran blood test after blood test and did

>> > x-rays, every test imaginable. Her white blood cell count was normal,

>> > nothing was out of the ordinary. The ER doctor told us that he had

>> > done everything that he could do so he was sending her to Saint

>> > Francis for further tests.

>> >

>> > Right when we were leaving in the ambulance, her teacher came to

>> > the ER and, after questioning Halle's classmates, we found out that

>> > she had licked hand sanitizer off her hand..

>> >

>> > Hand sanitizer, of all things.

>> >

>> > But it makes sense. These days they have all kinds of different scents

>> > and when you have a curious child, they are going to put all kinds of

>> > things into their mouths.

>> >

>> > When we arrived at Saint Francis, we told the ER doctor there to

>> > check her blood alcohol level, and yes we did get weird looks, but

>> > they did it. The results showed her blood alcohol level was 85% --

>> > six hours after we first took her.. There's no telling what it would

>> > have been if we would have requested it at the first ER.

>> >

>> > Since then, her school and a few surrounding schools have taken

>> > this out of the classrooms of all the lower grade classes, but what's

>> > to stop middle and high school kids from ingesting the stuff?

>> >

>> > After doing research on the Internet, we have found out that it

>> > only takes 3 squirts of the stuff to be fatal in a toddler. For her

>> > blood alcohol level to be so high was to compare someone her size to

>> > drinking something 120 proof. So please PLEASE don't disregard this

>> > because I don't ever want anyone else to go through what my family and

>> > I have gone through.

>> >

>> > Please send this to everyone you know who has children or are

>> > going to be having children. It doesn't matter what age.

>> >

>> > Check it out: http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/sanitizer.asp

>> >

>> > ...I'm sending this on to all on my email list just in case this

>> > would happen in your home with kids or grandkids. Would hate to think

>> > I didn't pass it along and something happened. Some of you may get

>> > this numerous times but it's just because some one cares what happens

>> > to your kids or grandkids.

>> >

>> >

>> >

>>

>

>

Oh wonderful - chain letters are now making it to EA forum posts. *ugh*

What a load of bullshit

I vote we make this stop. It has nothing to do with the site and is inaccurate at best. Why oh why do you do this?

Too many of your posts tick me off.

I agree this stuff needs to stop is't that a form of spam mail

I have enjoyed quite a few of Augman7518's posts, mostly the jokes, have found many of his others amusing and a few annoying. This one at least is labeled true by snopes, (if a bit self evident), and while this one falls in the annoying category, I would vote to give him a pass. There are others here who have posted more drivel than he. I think he means well, and a little tolerance won't hurt me.

Transward

I too find this sort of stuff off topic for most boards, especially this one. That being said, it is true as far as it goes. Has anyone, besides me, ever tasted that stuff. No kid is ever going to ingest enough to hurt him/her/itself. It tastes nasty. This is like eating poinsettias. Yes, they are poisonous. Ask a three year old who has bitten into one why he stopped. He will tell you, "It tastes bad."

Speed

The passing note about snopes does not make it true. A kid couldn't ingest enought of the stuff to get those kinds of numbers without drinking a bottle of the crap. The story is bull.

transward (imported) wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:16 pm I have enjoyed quite a few of Augman7518's posts, mostly the jokes, have found many of his others amusing and a few annoying. This one at least is labeled true by snopes, (if a bit self evident), and while this one falls in the annoying category, I would vote to give him a pass. There are others here who have posted more drivel than he. I think he means well, and a little tolerance won't hurt me.

Transward

Repeating urban myths is not recommended. Please desist, and keep on topic (we have a topic?). Thanks.

Kangan (imported) wrote: Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:23 am Repeating urban myths is not recommended. Please desist, and keep on topic (we have a topic?). Thanks.

I agree. And John Tesch says he won't send his boys after you!

chilli-