When do band-aids go bad? When does the sticky stuff stop being sticky?

When do band-aids go bad? When does the sticky stuff stop being sticky?
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I’ll bet that there is probably something toxic in the American glue that makes it stickier, but has been banned in the EU. Just a guess though.
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