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The chemical's effects vary by whether a person accidentally inhales or ingests it or gets it on skin and clothing. It can cause cancer with repeated exposure at high enough levels and damage the immune system and prevent cells from functioning properly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ► ‘Values cannot be words on a wall’: PayPal CEO Dan Schulman on why corporations must end racial discrimination Johnson & Johnson investigating benzene in sunscreenīenzene is a highly flammable, widely used chemical that's present throughout the environment. Here's how educators, including home school teachers can save 15% ► Target teacher discount: Target's teacher discount is coming back. Watch Video: This is why you should be wearing sunscreen indoors "How many consumers nationwide have unknowingly been using sunscreen that could cause cancer?" “We’re a month and a half past the big Memorial Day beach weekend that unofficially kicks off summer," Murray said.
PIRG Education Fund Consumer Watchdog Teresa Murray said in a statement that the recall should have happened sooner. The brands include Neutrogena, Sun Bum, CVS Health and Fruit of the Earth. The company’s citizen petition called on the FDA to recall 40 sunscreen and after-sun care products found to contain higher levels of benzene. Valisure tested and analyzed 294 unique batches from 69 different companies and found 78 sunscreen and after-sun care products contained the chemical. The recall comes after a May report by Valisure, a Connecticut-based online pharmacy and laboratory, found dozens of popular sunscreen products have been contaminated with benzene.
► Justice comeback: Walmart adding Justice tween brand to 2,400 stores, in time for back-to-school shopping ► Save better, spend better: Money tips and advice delivered right to your inbox. The products were distributed nationwide through retailers. The recall includes all can sizes and all levels of sun protection factor, or SPF, according to the notice posted on the Food & Drug Administration's website. The affected products, which were sold in aerosol cans, are Aveeno Protect + Refresh aerosol sunscreen, and four Neutrogena sunscreen versions: Beach Defense aerosol sunscreen, CoolDry Sport aerosol sunscreen, Invisible Daily Defense aerosol sunscreen and UltraSheer aerosol sunscreen. The company announced the recall Wednesday and advised consumers to stop using the products. Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling five of its sunscreen products after low levels of benzene, a chemical that can cause cancer with repeated exposure, were found in samples.
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