Product Review: Germ-Force by Prairie Naturals

Today's product review (after a relatively lengthy hiatus, natch) is for something I picked up over the weekend to replace the Purell bottle on my desk prior to the start of the hard-core flu season.

Product: Germ-Force, produced by Prairie Naturals.

Sub-Heading: "moisturizing hand sanitizer | antibacterial | paraben free

Ingredient List:

1.  denatured grain alcohol

This ingredient is not specifically tagged in the Skin Deep database.  The closest matches I could find were for either "alcohol denatured" (weighing in at a hefty 4/10) or "alcohol, denatured 38F" (weighing in at a much more comfortable 0/10) or "alcohol, denatured 3A" (also at a nice 0/10 on the hazard scale).  

If we're talking about the 4/10 rating, the specific risks were:

• Cancer
• Developmental/Reproductive Toxicity
• Strong Concern:Multiple, Additive Exposure Sources
• Strong Concern:Enhanced Skin Absorption
• Moderate Concern:Organ System Toxicity (non-reproductive)
• Moderate Concern: Irritation (skin, eyes or lungs)

2. aloe vera gel

This ingredient was ranked at 1/10 on the hazard risk scale, which classifies as a "low hazard" risk.   Specific risks based on the SkinDeep ranking system include:

• Developmental/Reproductive Toxicity
• Violations, Restrictions & Warnings
• Lesser or Emerging Concerns:  Organ System Toxicity (non-reproductive)
• Lesser or Emerging Concerns:  Data Gaps

3. vegetable glycerin

This ingredient was ranked at 1/10 on the hazard risk scale, which classifies as a "low hazard" risk.  The specific risks are listed as follows:

• Moderate Concern: Organ System Toxicity (non-reproductive)
• Lesser or Emerging Concern: Data Gaps

4. natural fragrance of green apple

No match was found for this ingredient.

For more information on Prairie Naturals in the Skin Deep Database, here is where to go.

Summary: 

Out of four ingredients, two rated a 1/10, one rated either a 0/10 or a 4/10 (so I'm going to split the difference at 2/10), and one contained no information for the substance so I'm not going to include it in the ranking.

Based on the above, it looks like this product nets out at approximately 1.333 on the hazard rankings on a scale from 0-10.  Low hazard.

What do you think?  Are you comfortable with this?