Independent lab found the chemical in more than a quarter of items it tested – sometimes at levels considered ‘life threatening’
Highlights
- Independent testing has found benzene in hand sanitizers, sunscreens, deodorant, dry shampoos, conditioners, antiperspirants, body sprays and anti-fungal treatments.
- Procter & Gamble, Bayer, CVS and Johnson & Johnson have issued voluntary recalls for widely distributed brands including Brut, Sure, Pantene, Herbal Essences, Old Spice, Secret, Tinactin, Lotrimin, Coppertone, Neutrogena and Aveeno.
- The petroleum-based chemical “causes cancer”, especially leukemia and in blood forming organs, the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote.