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Use 70 isopropyl alcohol as hand sanitizer. ate after using. if it got in the persons mouth because it didnt dry yet mouth is there danger? its in a spray bottle so hands were not drenched it the alcohol?
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Not particularly: Isopropal alcohol is not as toxic as methyl alcohol & the cited exposure is really not enough to worry about.
Answered 9/13/2020
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