Not Likely wrote:
"Marilyn" fcorliss at comcast dot net wrote in message
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I am also extremely skeptical of this story.
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Anyway- considering the problems it can cause, I would hope that a teacher
closely supervises a young child anytime a hand gel is used.

Yes, you would think that anything a child could potentially put in their
mouths that *might* have problems with it, would be supervised carefully by
teachers. I can remember a couple of kids I went to school with eating
paste (that thick white stuff) and the teachers telling them to stop. I had
a *tiny* bit on my fingers one day (when I was little I *hated* getting
anything on my hands and had to wash them off (actually I *still* hate
having my hands sticky)... my Mom used to put a pan of water outside for me
while I was making mudpies. LOL) and touched it to my tongue to see what
the attraction was... it was pretty gross as I remember, so I have no idea
why some kids liked eating the stuff. p~~



Because it was wintergreen-flavored! If they didn't want kids to eat
it, they shouldn't have packaged it with a candy flavor. Personally I
ate tons of it in first & second grade.