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Antiperspirant is challenging the regulators and companies for the source of carcinogens in sunscreen.
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December 29, 9:00 AM
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The FDA last week identified the likely sources of a powerful carcinogen that's been found in a plethora of personal-care products, the latest development in a year of recalls that has shown the potential dangers of everyday products Americans have long assumed are safe.
Benzene has been linked to leukemia and other blood cancers and has recently been found in everything from sunscreen to antiperspirant. It isn't easy to determine its origin. The supply chains that bring American consumers their grooming products are so complex and massive that benzene could come from any one of a number of places.
The chemical is not supposed to be used to make such products, and companies including Johnson & Johnson, P&G Co. and Bayer AG that have initiated recalls say they don't. Valisure, a small lab in New Haven, Connecticut, went looking after it after no one noticed. A string of benzene-related recalls culminated in a December FDA request for companies to test any products at risk of being contaminated.
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