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In a video with half a million views, chief marketing officer for Dolls10 Beauty Leigh Griffin says that after the 1970 introduction of benzene in sunscreen, skin cancer rates skyrocketed.
Aerosol sunscreens have also been found to be contaminated with benzene, another cancer causing chemical, the EWG says. In 2019, the FDA requested data from the manufacturers of these chemicals to ...
Due to toxicity and environmental concerns, the percentage of sunscreen products on the market containing oxybenzone in the USA dropped to 13% in 2023 from 60% in 2019. [16] Some brands market their sunscreens as "oxybenzone free" [17] due to the generally negative perception of benzophenones by both the consuming public and scientific researchers.
Story at a glance A Banana Boat spray sunscreen has been recalled because of benzene contamination. Benzene may be a byproduct of other ingredients and is a known carcinogen. Inhaling spray and ...
Avobenzone, a petroleum-based sunscreen active ingredient, [7] is not generally recognised as safe and effective by the FDA for lack of sufficient data to support this claim. [1] However, it is still the only FDA approved UVA filter (up to 3% concentration). [ 8 ]
Reported [31] cases of benzene contamination [32] have resulted in sunscreen recalls [33] initiated by regulators such as the TGA [34] and FDA or voluntarily by the brand. [35] Other reasons why the contamination likely occurred was the degradation of benzene-based (hydrocarbon) ingredients, [ 36 ] such as petrochemical UV filters [ 37 ] or ...
Sulisobenzone (benzophenone-4) is an ingredient in some sunscreens which protects the skin from damage by UVB and UVA ultraviolet light. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its sodium salt, sulisobenzone sodium , is also referred to as benzophenone-5 .
‘Individuals with higher levels of sun exposure also tend to use more but not an adequate quantity of sunscreen’ Scientists say we’ve all been using sunscreen wrong in new skin cancer ...