A certain 7-eleven decided to take advantage of the whole panic buying situation by selling dangerous homemade spray sanitizers made by the very owner of the establishment! The fake sanitizers caused children to suffer from burns because of the harmful and unregulated chemicals used to manufacture these fake sanitizers. The coronavirus or Covid-19 is a serious issue that requires sanitary measures to be observed--that is why the demand for sanitary products is so high.
A certain Manisha Bharade, age 47, was recently charged with an alarming four counts of endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly selling a very harmful and unregulated homemade spray sanitizer in Manisha's convenience store over at River Vale, Bergen County. This has been an alarming warning that people should always check the legitimacy of the products they buy, no matter how desperate as they could cause more harm themselves.
The police department is not being more cautious
According to the River Vale Police Department, the issue of the fake handmade "spray sanitizers" being sold at a very familiar convenience store surfaced from social media when a young boy posted burns on his arms and legs. This was not the only case of the burns as four other children have reportedly suffered from these unfortunate events themselves.
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According to a statement by Lieutenant John Devoe, "While further investigation is underway, our first priority is to make the public aware that they should not use this item if they purchased it at the River Vale 7-Eleven," citizens around should immediately get rid of the remaining products they purchased from that specific River Vale 7-Eleven. The coronavirus or Covid-19 has been the cause of panic around the country, which has made panic-buying of spray sanitizers a real problem.
So far this is an isolated event
Although there is a national scarcity for sanitary and hygienic products, citizens should still be cautious in purchasing certain products instead of randomly purchasing without properly checking whether or not the validity of the product is legit and safe. There is a possibility that since this has happened in River Vale, this incident might also happen in other states as well!
In a connecting statement by the Lieutenant, "As far as we know, this issue is limited to the River Vale store at this time. From the information that we received, approximately one dozen of the bottles were sold to customers." It is explained that the possibility of there being other harmful products out there should be put into account.
What Bharade did was alarming
According to reports, Bharade allegedly mixed commercially available foaming sanitizer with simple water that created the harmful chemical reaction. This was done with ill intentions to maximize profits and has resulted in an additional charge of deceptive business practices.
In a battle against the coronavirus or Covid-19, the public should observe proper protective measures, which include hygienic practices and proper sanitation. Another thing that should be practiced is being to avoid counterfeit sanitary products like fake spray sanitizers by being a little more careful.
