![]() Results showed 27% of the samples tested contained detectable levels of benzene. Valisure’s laboratory test examined 294 unique batches of sun care products from 69 companies. The move comes less than seven weeks after Dermatology Times® broke the news that Valisure, a pharmacy dedicated to batch testing medications before they reach consumers, found detectable levels of benzene in 78 sunscreen and after-care sunscreen products. AVEENO® Protect + Refresh aerosol sunscreen.NEUTROGENA® Ultra Sheer® aerosol sunscreen, and.NEUTROGENA® Invisible Daily™ defense aerosol sunscreen,.NEUTROGENA® Cool Dry Sport aerosol sunscreen,.NEUTROGENA® Beach Defense® aerosol sunscreen,.The recall includes only these products, noted the press release: ![]() The company advised consumers to stop using the affected products immediately. Last month, the US Supreme Court rejected Johnson & Johnson’s bid to overturn a $2.1 billion verdict against it in favor of women who said the company’s talc products played a role in their developing ovarian cancer.Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc (JJCI) voluntarily recalled all lots of 5 NEUTROGENA® and AVEENO® aerosol sunscreen and after-care sunscreen product lines yesterday citing internal test results that identified traces of benzene, a human carcinogen, in some samples of these products. The company last year halted sales of the product and has recently socked away $3.9 billion to help cover the costs of the lawsuits. The announcement is the latest black mark for the company’s consumer unit, which has faced thousands of lawsuits in recent years alleging that its iconic talc-based baby powder is laced with asbestos and causes cancer or mesothelioma. It added that customers can get a refund by calling J&J’s Consumer Care Center at 1-80. ![]() The company said it’s working to pull all lots of the five products from shelves across the country. J&J noted that the recall is voluntary and said it has notified the Food and Drug Administration of the recall. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are recalling all lots of these specific aerosol sunscreen products.” “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,” Johnson & Johnson said in a statement Wednesday. Johnson & Johnson found low levels of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, in some samples of its sunscreen. The pharmaceutical giant said it’s investigating how the chemical might have gotten into some of its products. The recall covers the Aveeno Protect + Refresh aerosol sunscreen, and four Neutrogena sunscreens: Beach Defense aerosol sunscreen, CoolDry Sport aerosol sunscreen, Invisible Daily Defense aerosol sunscreen and UltraSheer aerosol sunscreen.īenzene, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says can cause leukemia or other cancers after long-term exposure to high levels, is not an ingredient in the affected sunscreens, J&J noted. The company said customers should stop using the affected products, which were distributed through stores nationwide. Johnson & Johnson is recalling five of its Neutrogena and Aveeno spray sunscreens after the company found low levels of benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, in some samples. Toyota, Kia, Land Rover, Mercedes part of huge 247,000-car recallįord urging owners to park over 140,000 SUVs outside over engine fire risk Over 300,000 Jeeps recalled over installation error that can cause crashes ‘without warning’ Frozen strawberries sold at Costco and Walmart recalled over Hepatitis A risks
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