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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.
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.
The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling a scalp spray because it contains trace amounts of benzene, a chemical which can cause cancer with repeated exposure. Edgewell Personal Care Co ...
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 ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating how a cancer-causing chemical ended up in Johnson & Johnson sunscreens, after the company said it had done internal testing and found ...
A mouse study shows that it does not increase the probability of promoting skin cancer. [12] Studies done in vitro show that it is not photomutagenic. [13] Because ecamsule is an acid it needs to be neutralized in order to be used without offsetting the final pH of the sunscreen too much.
Benzene was also detected in Proactiv, PanOxyl, Walgreens' acne soap bar and Walmart's Equate Beauty acne cream among others, according to Valisure. Cancer-causing chemical found in Clinique ...
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 ]