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  • Hand sanitizer Organic

    Posted by amitvedakar on June 15, 2020 at 12:57 pm
    Hand sanitizer contains Ethyl alcohol carbomer tea olive oil.
    Can it be Organic?
    chemicalmatt replied 5 years ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • EVchem

    Member
    June 15, 2020 at 6:56 pm

    not unless there’s a carbomer tree or bush somewhere I don’t know about…

    the alcohol and olive oil could be organic

  • OldPerry

    Professional Chemist / Formulator
    June 15, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    @EVchem - I suppose if you use the term “organic” in the way that chemists do (organic = contains hydrocarbons) then sure, it’s organic.

  • chemicalmatt

    Member
    June 17, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    Burn some and find out.

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