If you have these neutrogenous products, stop using them now, says FDA
These popular products may contain an ingredient known for causing cancer, the reports of the Authority.
Neutrogena is one of the most popular personal care brands in the world, with millions of customers using the daily shampoos of the company, washes and bodily lotions. Unfortunately, there are four neutrogenous products that have been recently identified as potentially dangerous for human health, and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) states that anyone has purchased should stop using them immediately. Read it to find out if a product you have at home could put your health in danger.
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The FDA has announced the reminder of several solar creams to the aerosol.
On July 14, the FDA announced that Johnson & Johnson, the parent company of Neutrogena, had published reminders forFour sunscreen of neutrogena aerosol. The affected products include the solar cream of the Neutrogena Beach Defense aerosol, the Solar Cool Cool Neutrogena Sports Aerosol, a solar solar cream of invisible daily defense aerosol and a solar neutrogen screen Ultra-pure aerosol.
Johnson & Johnson announced that Aveeno Protect + Refresh the solar screen of the aerosol is also recalled. All lots and sizes of the above-mentioned solar screens are recalled; The images of the products concerned can be found on theNeutrogena andAveeno websites.
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Products may contain a known carcinogen.
The reminders of the solar screens of Neutrogena and Aveeno have been initiated after discovering that the products may contain benzene, a known carcinogen that has been linked to theDevelopment of leukemia. According to the notice of reminder issued by the FDA, benzene was discovered during internal product tests.
Although the carcinogen can be absorbed orally, by administration to the skin, and by inhalation, the notice of reminder indicates that "daily exposure to benzene in these solar aerosol products at the levels detected in our tests should not Cause adverse health consequences. "The opinion further explains that the recall is issued" an abundance of prudence "rather than a direct threat to the safety of consumers.
Anyone who bought the products must stop using them now.
If you have Neutrogena and Aveeno products assigned to the home, stop using them immediately and discard them based on the aerosol recycling policy in your area.
If you wish to have your purchase refunded or if you have any reminder questions, you can call the consumer care center Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. 24 hours a day, seven days a week, per week at 800-458-1673 . If you think you have experienced adverse effects related to the use of these products, contact a health professional.
This is not the first time benzene has been identified in solar cream this year.
Although the reminder of Neutrogena and Aveeno products is the most important case of solar cream contamination this year, these are not the only solar protection products recently found containing benzene.
In May 2021, a validity, an independent laboratory that tests consumer consumer products, has published a report that 27% of Sunscreen's samples tested the company contained.Detectable levels of benzene, with some containing as much as the triple amount allowed by the FDA.
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