The United States Food and Drug Administration doesn’t mess around. After finding harmful bacteria in hand sanitizers produced by Clarcon, the FDA had Clarcon recall their products. However, after Clarcon failed to agree to quickly destroy their products, the FDA put the U.S. Marshals on the case.
On Saturday, the U.S. Marshals were in Utah seizing the hand sanitizer products from Clarcon. Clarcon has (or is it had?) a laboratory in the city of Roy in Utah.
Also on Saturday, the FDA told the world not to touch any of Clarcon products. Although most of their products claimed to be antimicrobial and …read more

For those of us who work from home, cold and flu season is yet another reason to be glad we don’t have to leave the house to do our thing. But if you’re working in an office during the fall and winter months, all is not lost. Here are some easy ways to cut down on your risk of picking up your coworkers’ ickies:

Wash your hands after touching doorknobs, copiers, elevator buttons, and phones. Anything that lots of people are touching is chockablock with other people’s germs. If you can’t wash your hands, use a liquid hand sanitizer such as …read more