The Environmental Working Group has released a safety guide for sunscreens each year since 2006, detailing which products are potentially dangerous based on their ingredient list. We are investigating the cause of this issue, which is limited to certain aerosol sunscreen products." "While benzene is not an ingredient in any of our sunscreen products, it was detected in some samples of the impacted aerosol sunscreen finished products. Out of an abundance of caution, we are recalling all lots of these specific aerosol sunscreen products," the company said in a release. "Based on exposure modeling and the Environmental Protection Agency’s framework, daily exposure to benzene in these aerosol sunscreen products at the levels detected in our testing would not be expected to cause adverse health consequences. The chemical is a known human carcinogen, a substance that could potentially cause cancer depending on the amount and extent of exposure, according to Johnson & Johnson. It is also a chemical released into the air from car emissions and burning coal or oil. Food and Drug Administration issued an announcement Wednesday detailing the recall was enacted because "testing identified low levels of benzene" in the five products.īenzene is a chemical used in the manufacture of industrial products, such as chemicals, dyes, detergents and some plastics, according to the FDA. Wash your face: Tips to stay vigilant with beauty products as government mulls new safety law No Neutrogena or Aveeno sunscreen lotion products are listed in the release. Johnson & Johnson recommend consumers stop using these products entirely.
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