Posted on 04/03/2020 6:09:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A River Vale 7-Eleven owner was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly sold sanitzer that burned children.
Manisha Bharade was hit with four counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
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Four boys were burned. One mother shared pictures of her son on social media as a warning to parents.
Bharade allegedly mixed commercially available foaming sanitizer, which was not meant for resale, and water. Fourteen bottles were sold. Five bottles were turned over to police. Officers said nine bottles are unaccounted for.
Many have been making their own version of sanitzer amid coronavirus-related shortages.
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal slammed business owners price-gouging during the COVID-19 outbreak.
“Let me be perfectly clear: if you try to take advantage of our residents during a public health emergency, we will hold you accountable,” Grewal said. “Retailers who try to make a quick buck by exploiting others will face civil and criminal consequences.”
Anyone who purchased hand sanitizer from the River Vale 7-Eleven is asked to contact the River Vale Police Department at 201-664-1111.
Manisha Bharade?
why are they putting sanitizer on their arms?
I can’t understand that too. If your arms are touching something then take a shower.
Geez. At least do Everclear mixed with some aloe vera gel if you are desperate.
Well, she wasn’t being skimpy or it would not have been strong enough to do that; must have misread the proper amount of water to add or else thought she’d be helpful and make it stronger under the “more is better theory.” The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Gurbir Grewal?
I think her mistake was adding too little water. Foaming sanitizer is like the foamy Purell we get all over the place. It’s meant for contact with skin without causing any problems. It’s dispensed in small amounts by dispensers that turn it into foam in the same way that cappuccino machines turn a little milk into a bunch of foam.
Sounds to me like a crime of ignorance. The sanitizer was probably meant to be used on surfaces, never human skin.
You can just buy rubbing alcohol and put it in small spray bottles.
Yeah, I remember that...being posted on March 10.
Grewal (a Sikh) prosecuting Bharade (a Maratha). This news item could have been published in India and subscribers would taken it for local news.
When I was in high school, I read an autobiography - IIRC, the title was "Manchild In The Promised Land" and the author was Claude Brown. For whatever reason, the part I remember most is his story of being home alone with other kids when he was about 8 or 10 years old, and using Vaseline to fry eggs because he could not find the Crisco.
It sounded believable, especially when I consider the crazy stuff I tried as a kid, so when I see stories like this it's makes sense in a "kids learn some things from experimenting" way. If nothing else, they learned never to do that again!
Where are you going to find rubbing alcohol?
Because they’re stupid and easily led.
Depending on the price, she may have thought she was doing a community service rather than exploitation.
All sanitizer is good for is spreading the germs around. Soap and water and rinsing is much more effective.
I usually have it in the bathroom.
If you can't find rubbing alcohol at the store, a high proof liquor will do. Anything 120 or higher proof, 140 or higher is better. Of course, you'll smell funny after spritzing that on your hands.
On the flipside, the FDA won’t let whiskey manufacturers make hand sanitizer if they don’t add a bitterant to it ... so we can’t get new real, safe hand sanitizer supplies on the market. That forces the ignorant to make their own and often go wrong.
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