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Benzene detected in many sunscreen products

• shoto_io 5y ago
  A friend of mine developed a shit free sunscreen. It’s pretty good: https://new-layer.com/collections/sunscreen https://new-layer.com/collections/sunscreen
  • AuryGlenz 5y ago
    I’d love for an oil free sunscreen - I have an OCD-ish type tendency where I can’t stand to have anything oily on my skin, especially my face or hands. I take some sun protective supplements instead, which work well enough where I don’t get significantly burned from working outside all day.
  • float4 5y ago
    Your friend's SPF 50 ingredients list[0]: Aqua, Diethylhexyl Adipate, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Pentylene Glycol, Decyl Oleate, Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate, Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacate, Undecane, Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine, Glycerin, Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone, Tridecane, Fructooligosaccharides, Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid, Magnesium Sulfate, Zinc Stearate, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene (synthetic, no Paraffin), Beta Vulgaris Root Extract, Ethylhexyl Triazone, Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin), Arginine, Polyglyceryl-3 Polyricinoleate, Parfum, Ethylhexylglycerin, Potassium Lactate, Lactic Acid, Sodium Phytate, Alcohol, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil Needless to say that I do believe in your friend's expertise and intentions. I only posted this to show how impossible it is for normal consumers like myself to assess sunscreen quality. https://new-layer.com/collections/sunscreen/products/pro-vitamin-d-sunscreen-spf50 https://new-layer.com/collections/sunscreen/products/pro-vit...
    • shoto_io 5y ago
      There is actually an app that translates those cryptic ingredients into “good” and “bad”, in Germany at least: https://www.codecheck.info https://www.codecheck.info
• jpmattia 5y ago
  My family recently went through the search for a decent sunscreen and settled on this link for useful info about which sunscreens have nasty chemicals: https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/ https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/ Our search was not exhaustive (and I can't really vouch for the link that was used) so if you have a better link, please don't keep it a secret.
  • RankingMember 5y ago
    Thanks. As amazing as the internet is for being such a wealth of information, at the same time simple questions like "which damn sunscreen should I buy" can end in hours of scrolling and wheel-spinning. Sites like this help a lot (as long as there's not a billion of them).
  • gwittel 5y ago
    We went through a similar search recently. Part of the challenge is that the US rules are well behind Europe and Asia in terms of whats OK or not ingredient wise. With the new push toward reef friendly ingredients, it also complicates things. Physical barriers like Zinc generally offer reasonable UVB (this is the SPF rating) protection, but poor UVA (not sure there is a rating in US, but you'll see PA++++... on imports). Ingredients approved in EU and Asia that offer solid UVA and UVB protections are not yet legal in the US [1]. So we get older 'less good' or 'less reef friendly' ingredients instead. We ended up buying some imported from EU sunscreen. The US market formulation was actually different and lacked the UVA protection. [1] https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/official-correspondence/comments-ewg-us-fdas-proposed-amendment-final-monograph-0 https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/official-correspondence/co...
    • axolotlgod 5y ago
      Just curious, what EU brand/brands did you end up going with? I couldn't find anything specific to that on the EWG website.
      • TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
        I use the Shiseido brand on my family. They are benzene-free according to ConsumerLab and Valisure. I believe they are Japanese but readily available in the US. As a bonus, it is probably the best-feeling sunscreen I've used (lightweight and not clammy). Downside is a large bottle is almost $50.
• morsch 5y ago
  On a related note: Benzophenone Accumulates over Time from the Degradation of Octocrylene in Commercial Sunscreen Products https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00461 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00461
  • jashephe 5y ago
    I'd be quite interested to see if there's any correlation between Valisure's measurements and time elapsed since manufacture for each lot.
• Robotbeat 5y ago
  Gasoline has around 2% Benzene in it, by the way. That’s 20,000ppm vs 6ppm for the worst offenders here. Crazy we let teenagers pump this stuff and then the rest of us just breathe in the fumes.
  • soheil 5y ago
    Yeah but hopefully you don't rub that stuff all over your face and just pump it into your car.
    • mod 5y ago
      I frequently get some on my hands when filling the mower or doing similar tasks. Touching the funnel or the pour spout. Sometimes troubleshooting engines, sometimes spilling at the station. I don't use sunscreen often, and I'd guess I've touched gasoline more frequently than sunscreen in my life.
    • giantg2 5y ago
      I got a bunch all over me while working on the jetski this weekend. Whee
      • soheil 5y ago
        It's important to keep in mind the exposure frequency, with sunscreen some people use it daily or more.
      • fieryskiff11 5y ago
        huge and freaky brah
  • woliveirajr 5y ago
    And some brands/products even have a 70% Std.Dev... seems to be more manufacturing inconsistency and bad quality control.
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• erulabs 5y ago
  Neutrogena is owned by Johnson and Johnson - which just payed out on a case relating to cancer from baby-powders [1]. Combined with Neutrogena being more or less _very high_ in benezine content and J&J having a very deep suite of cancer treatment drugs [2]... This seems like a horrific story of a self-fulfilling product pipeline. I know they're a giant organization and suggesting conspiracy is a bit insane but I can't help but think I'll be avoiding J&J and all their subsidiary brands actively from here on out. At very least, their quality control for one of the biggest manufacturers on earth is awful. 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/health/baby-powder-cancer.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/health/baby-powder-cancer... 2. https://www.barrons.com/articles/johnson-johnson-stock-pipeline-cancer-drugs-51621521358 https://www.barrons.com/articles/johnson-johnson-stock-pipel...
  • leesalminen 5y ago
    Makes you wonder what else J&J could be doing to other products they manufacture.
  • buovjaga 5y ago
    All around classy company: https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/miracleindustry/americas-most-admired-lawbreaker/ https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/miracleindustry/americas... Quote from the article: “Oh, they’ve already reserved for that stuff,” one of them told me during a coffee break. He meant that in Johnson & Johnson’s financials, there had been money taken from earnings and put into a column vaguely called “accrued liabilities,” in order to account for the expected billions that might still have to be paid out in verdicts or settlements. -------- I wonder how their accrued liabilities column looks like for the sunscreen products.
    • formerly_proven 5y ago
      They will settle for 50 million. And sure, that's a lot of money, but not to them, not really. We started a rainy-day fund just for this occasion. The fund itself has already made five times that amount.
    • infogulch 5y ago
• anonymousiam 5y ago
  So apparently putting on sunscreen lotion is less healthy than not doing so?
  • not2b 5y ago
    No, the high benzene products are mostly sprays, not lotions.
  • 1270018080 5y ago
    Definitely not.
• alach11 5y ago
  Initially when I read these low ppm concentrations, I wasn’t concerned. However even a 1 ppm exposure to benzene in air over an 8 hour workday has been shown to be harmful. Hopefully the FDA cracks down on this...
• vvpan 5y ago
  Sprays do the worst by a big margin.
• throwkeep 5y ago
  I don't understand why people are so eager to slather chemicals on their skin, when we evolved with the sun and it's not hard for most people to avoid sun burn. You just have get sun exposure on a somewhat regular basis (healthy to do anyway) and acclimate between seasons (ie, don't go abruptly from no sun to all the sun).
  • leesalminen 5y ago
    I live at altitude (~8000 ft) and have very fair skin. I burn within 20 minutes of being in direct sunlight. So, I’m not sure what it is I’m supposed to do.
    • fallingfrog 5y ago
      I used to be like that, but I started going outside for a 10 minute walk with a t shirt on every day. (I wore a wide brim hat.) Now, I never get sunburned. My skin doesn’t look any different but it stands up to sunlight a lot better. Ymmv
    • ping_pong 5y ago
      I think what OP is suggesting is to go out 1 min the first day, 2 mins the second day, etc, until you have built up enough melanin in your skin and have a natural defense against it.
      • NovemberWhiskey 5y ago
        Is there any basis to this theory, at all, in science?
        • BTCOG 5y ago
          Of course there is. It's called acclimatization to UV. Humans, plants, animals are all living beings exposed to solar radiation.
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• moultano 5y ago
  Should I conclude anything from the fact that almost all of the products with high benzene contents are sprays instead of lotions?
  • not2b 5y ago
    Yes. Don't use sprays. You wind up breathing that stuff as well if you do.
    • notacoward 5y ago
      To clarify further, even the "innocuous" chemicals in sunscreen might not be so innocuous when inhaled. Benzene doesn't even have to be part of that equation.
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  • trompetenaccoun 5y ago
    When you look at the list of products where they couldn't detect benzene there are sprays and lotions on it and it doesn't seem to make much of a difference: https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Attachment-A-Table-5-of-Valisure-FDA-Citizen-Petition-on-Sunscreen-v2.pdf https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Attachment-A-Tab...
• SloopJon 5y ago
  I don't have a sense of how big a deal this is, but I had a totally random thought I after I read this: > FDA currently recognizes the high danger of this compound and lists it as a "Class 1 solvent" that "should not be employed in the manufacture of drug substances, excipients, and drug products because of their unacceptable toxicity ... However, if their use is unavoidable in order to produce a drug product with a significant therapeutic advance, then their levels should be restricted" and benzene is restricted under such guidance to 2 parts per million ("ppm"). This reminds me of a story I heard about Kosher Coca-Cola. They had designed it such that its impurities were below a certain threshold. (Googling it now, the ingredient in question was glycerin derived from non-Kosher beef tallow.) However, the consulting rabbi explained that the threshold only applied to accidental impurities; you can't put them in on purpose.
• ucha 5y ago
  I'm quite surprised that some mineral sunscreens contain benzene too... I thought the only use of benzene would be as a reactant in the synthesis of some of the chemical sunscreens only.
  • asdff 5y ago
    It's also used to wash substances. If it was used for that it sounds like perhaps they just didn't evaporate the solvent for long enough after the wash.
• buildbot 5y ago
  Most of the high concentrations are in sprays, which makes some intuitive sense, as they sunscreen has to be suspended and propelled, which I imagine takes some fancy chemicals to do. Most neutrogena lotions are fine for example.
• amelius 5y ago
  How much compared to the amount you inhale or get on your skin at a gas station?
• azinman2 5y ago
  So this is bad, obviously, but I want to plug Valisure and consumerlab both. For whatever reason there’s so little testing out there for both generic drugs and vitamins and supplements, and both of these guys really do have our backs. I’m very happy to support both to be doing what I feel like the FDA with more funding should be doing themselves.
  • strict9 5y ago
    I didn't know about Valisure and consumerlab, but have used Labdoor before buying something new. Strongly agree this field of testing/validation is desperately needed.
    • bredren 5y ago
      This seems to be true across markets and regulatory levels. For example, browser extensions must be analyzed by neutral third parties because the code can not be trusted to be persistently safe with each new publication. This is similar to different formulations across batches in sunscreen. I’ve noticed in consumer products like backpacks, the hardware (zipper pulls, etc) can sometimes vary in the same brand and model. The company does not outwardly acknowledge variability, and it is not discussed in product reviews. Apple made changes to its Secure Enclave Component unusually in fall 2020. [1] Not every update of every product is going to contain a shocker. But with the rate of releases and rapid adoption of physical and virtual consumer products, we could use less unboxing and more hard analysis of what is shipping and it’s potential for harm. [1] https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/12/apple-made-security-changes-to-chips-in-fall-2020/ https://www.macrumors.com/2021/04/12/apple-made-security-cha...
    • GloriousKoji 5y ago
      I haven't looked into Labdoor in a while but many years ago they weren't very reputable, they had questionable testing methodology and their scoring was heavily weighted just based on what ingredients were in a product and ignored the claims of a labels accuracy. Did they improve their process over the years or just marketing and brand recognition?
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• heavymark 5y ago
  Seems like if this is true, it's something that shouldn't be behind a paywall. Does anyone have a list of the affected products? The actually research data and details I certainly support being behind a paywall however. Actually upon a quick google found the direct links to the files that list the products that are and are not contaminated. Glad that most all EltaMD (the most popular on Amazon are not effected but a couple models are).
  • tyingq 5y ago
    Affected products (starting on page 12): https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Valisure-Citizen-Petition-on-Benzene-in-Sunscreen-and-After-sun-Care-Products-v9.7.pdf https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Valisure-Citizen... Products that aren't affected: https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Attachment-A-Table-5-of-Valisure-FDA-Citizen-Petition-on-Sunscreen-v2.pdf https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Attachment-A-Tab...
    • purple_ferret 5y ago
      >Fruit of the Earth - Gel - Aloe Vera Gel - 2.78 2.94* (ppm Benzene) Aloe Vera Gel? Sounds like straight up terrible quality standards to get benzene in an Aloe Vera gel. Stuff like like this makes me hesitant to use any product
      • pie420 5y ago
        The less chemicals you use, the better. Use simple soaps and deoderants, etc.
        • tyingq 5y ago
          Aloe Vera is supposed to be in that category of "simple".
      • envy2 5y ago
        I know aloe vera is often said to be useful in clearing benzene and formaldehyde from the air as a houseplant: perhaps this is being picked up from the environment, rather than any production issue per se?
• tyingq 5y ago
  Pretty interesting. Some of the products where benzene was detected don't even have anything volatile on their list of active ingredients. "Ethical Zinc Lotion", is just supposed to be 22% zinc oxide, with no Octocrylene, Oxybenzone, etc.
  • dylan604 5y ago
    At 22% zinc oxide, you're going to have a layer of white film all over you which most people prefer not to have that look.
    • asdff 5y ago
      zinc sunscreen rubs in if you keep rubbing. it takes longer, which i guess most people just shrug and give up and assume you are coated in white film, but you can in fact rub it in.
      • dylan604 5y ago
        suncreen works by blocking UV rays before getting to the skin. how does something rubbed into the skin block UV rays?
        • etskinner 5y ago
          You'd be rubbing it into the top layer of skin, which is dead skin cells. The part that gets burned is living, and is lower.
        • ceejayoz 5y ago
          Unless the rubbing process transmutes it into other elements (congrats on the Nobel, if so!) the zinc is still presumably there. The outer layers of your skin are dead cells; you're looking to protect the underlying dermis.
    • istorical 5y ago
      tinted mineral suncreens containing iron oxides and other natural pigments can be tan / skin tone but still contain only zinc or titanium as active ingredients.
• gher-shyu3i 5y ago
  The manufacturers should be sued.
• t0mbstone 5y ago
  What if skin cancer was actually caused by sun screen? Wouldn't that be ironic, don't ya think?
  • rangoon626 5y ago
    Take that same thinking to other personal care and cleaning products, and start to go through your bathroom and kitchen. You’ll be surprised at what we’re being low-grade poisoned with each day.
  • mnd999 5y ago
    Well that’s what this is saying, some sunscreens contain unacceptably high levels of carcinogens. It’s not a huge logical leap to go from there to some people getting skin cancer from the sunscreen. That doesn’t mean you aren’t also at risk of getting skin cancer from excess sun exposure.
    • reader_x 5y ago
      My basic research suggests benzene exposure is not associated with skin cancer: “ Benzene works by causing cells not to work correctly. For example, it can cause bone marrow not to produce enough red blood cells, which can lead to anemia. Also, it can damage the immune system by changing blood levels of antibodies and causing the loss of white blood cells.” https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/benzene/basics/facts.asp https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/benzene/basics/facts.asp Anecdotally, my mother died of multiple myeloma, a cancer related to bone marrow and blood, which is often misheard as “melanoma” (but that’s a different cancer). Her oncologist told me her cancer was associated with benzene exposure, but until now I could not imagine how she might have been exposed.
    • everdrive 5y ago
      It's sort of a shame when there are perfectly non-carcinogenic methods for avoiding the sun. Wear long-sleeves and and big hat.
  • swayvil 5y ago
    It's a very neat way to make money. Other possibilities : A drug that promises to make you feel good that actually makes you feel bad. A vaccine that promises to cure you that actually makes you ill. An economic system that promises prosperity while creating poverty. Food that creates malnourishment. It's pretty obvious when you think about it. All you need is a bunch of cheap poison and a good marketing campaign.
• mixmastamyk 5y ago
  Most numerous listed: Neutrogena, CVS brand, Banana Boat.
  • Scene_Cast2 5y ago
    If numerous Dell laptop variants and MacBook Pro were affected by some vulnerability, could still mean that the majority of the vulnerable laptops are MacBook Pros. The interesting thing to me would be the ratio of shipped products by a brand that are affected. And maybe the total number of affected units.
    • mixmastamyk 5y ago
      “Ain’t nobody got time for that.” Maybe if you love shopping.
• rchiba 5y ago
  I found this article through a friend of my wife's who is a skincare expert. Check your cabinets. I actually found the Neutrogena lotion that we use in the table of affected products! List of affected products: https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Valisure-Citizen-Petition-on-Benzene-in-Sunscreen-and-After-sun-Care-Products-v9.7.pdf https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Valisure-Citizen... List of unaffected products: https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Attachment-A-Table-5-of-Valisure-FDA-Citizen-Petition-on-Sunscreen-v2.pdf https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Attachment-A-Tab...
  • greesil 5y ago
    The offending stuff > 2ppm in the list is mostly sprays. With I think one exception none of the offenders are zinc oxide, either.
  • sergiomattei 5y ago
    Yikes. Had a bit of a scare: living in Puerto Rico, I regularly use Walgreens SPF50, Neutrogena sunblock and After Sun gel. The closest UPC was the After Sun, but mine was a couple of digits off. Makes you think what stuff you're putting on that you don't know about!
    • piercebot 5y ago
      How are things in PR these days? I can't imagine what it must be like to deal with a pandemic while simultaneously trying to rebuild basic infrastructure. Have you been able to get back to some semblance of normalcy yet?
      • cromka 5y ago
        Not OP, but I lived in PR for 2 months, got back to NYC for a month and now back to PR. Things are getting back to normal here, vaccination rate has accelerated rapidly, and the island just ended its year-long curfew: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-ends-nightly-covid-curfew-year-rcna1027 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-ends-nightly... Infrastructure-wise, frankly... I don't see any construction work, whatsoever. Biden released 1bn funds for Puerto Rico 2 months ago, so I'd suppose that money is now being readied for spending.
• grawprog 5y ago
  So going through the list i see Neutrogena a lot. Neutrogena is owned by Johnson and Johnson. Sun Pharmaceuticals owns Banana Boat, Coppertone is owned by a German company called Beiersdorf, CVS Health is the next largest brand to show up and it owns these subsidiaries: CVS Pharmacy, MinuteClinic, CVS Caremark, CVS Specialty, Drogaria Onofre, Longs Drugs, Navarro Discount Pharmacies, Accordant, Coram, Omnicare, Wellpartner, EncompassRx, Aetna, Grupo DPSP. These parent companies should be held responsible for the products their subsidiaries produce.
  • jeffbee 5y ago
    I bet if you wait a month, you would get different results. These brands are just brands, they buy product in bulk from manufacturers you've never heard of and stick it in a bottle with a lot of words on it to try to pretend like their product is differentiated.
    • p49k 5y ago
      This might be true at the very low end of the market, but most sunscreen brands that people care about enough to have loyalty are uniquely sourced products.
      • s0rce 5y ago
        They aren't using benzene intentionally as an ingredient. So even if they aren't just reselling a generic product this is likely an impurity in one of the ingredients. It doesn't really matter if its a white label or if its custom manufactured for the big brand. In the end it could still vary next month if the source materials are not sufficiently controlled. Although it could be the same if the process results in consistent levels of impurities.
        • rkk3 5y ago
          Does expiration date reflect a difference in manufacturing date? For the listed affected products between .1ppm & 2ppm Benzene, Expiration dates range from July 2021 to May 2023. https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Valisure-Citizen-Petition-on-Benzene-in-Sunscreen-and-After-sun-Care-Products-v9.7.pdf https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Valisure-Citizen...
• sjg007 5y ago
  Sunscreen is FDA regulated so maybe there will be a crackdown. I think they'd prefer people wear sunscreen unless they can otherwise coverup though so I am sure there is a line.
• idlewords 5y ago
  Why does this stuff make the front page? Gasoline is full of benzene, it's not some death chemical.
  • carb 5y ago
    How often do you rub gasoline on your skin?
    • idlewords 5y ago
      Every time I fill my gas tank
      • JohnWhigham 5y ago
        I think you need to aim better.
  • doytch 5y ago
    Do you smear gasoline on your skin daily?
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  • envy2 5y ago
    You don't rub gasoline into your skin. This is not hard to understand.
• jasonhansel 5y ago
  The FDA concentration limits are generally very conservative. Is there any evidence that concentrations this low (at most 6ppm) are actually harmful, given that this is through skin contact rather than inhalation?
• plaidfuji 5y ago
  Haven’t seen anyone point this out but it helped me filter out anything in my cabinet pretty quickly: none of the sunscreens with >2ppm benzene have SPF <50. In fact there’s only one actual sunscreen in high end of the list with SPF 50, the rest are 60+. Interesting that this also seems to correlate, in addition to the spray and brand trends.
• callumprentice 5y ago
  I copied the entries from the PDF of affected products here: https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Valisure-Citizen-Petition-on-Benzene-in-Sunscreen-and-After-sun-Care-Products-v9.7.pdf https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Valisure-Citizen... and cleaned it up a bit - might be useful for a first pass before referring to the PDF for details: Aveeno Lotion Baby Continuous Protection Sensitive Skin Sunscreen Lotion Broad Spectrum SPF 50 Babyganics Spray Kid's Sunscreen Continuous Spray - SPF 50 Banana Boat Spray Kids Max Protect & Play Sunscreen CSpray SPF 100 Banana Boat Spray Kids Max Protect & Play Sunscreen CSpray SPF 100 Banana Boat Spray Kids Sport Sunscreen Lotion Spray SPF 50 Banana Boat Spray Protective Dry Oil Clear Sunscreen Spray with Coconut Oil SPF 15 Banana Boat Spray Simply Protect Kids Sunscreen Spray SPF 50+ Banana Boat Spray Ultra Defense Ultra Mist Clear Sunscreen Spray SPF 100 Banana Boat Spray Ultra Sport Clear Sunscreen Spray SPF Banana Boat Spray UltraMist Deep Tanning Dry Oil Continuous Clear Spray SPF 4 Coppertone Spray Whipped Sunscreen Lotion Spray SPF 50 CVS Health Gel After-sun Aloe Vera Moisturizing Gel CVS Health Lotion 70 Beach Guard Sun Sunscreen SPF 70 CVS Health Lotion Ultra Sheer Broad Spectrum Sunscreen Lotion SPF 100 CVS Health Lotion Ultra Sheer Lotion Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 45 CVS Health Spray After-sun Aloe Vera Soothing Spray CVS Health Spray After-sunAloe Vera Soothing Spray CVS Health Spray Sheer Mist Spray Broad Spectrum Uva/Uvb Cont. Spray Sunscreen SPF 70 CVS Health Spray Sport Clear Spray Sunscreen SPF 100+ EltaMD Spray UV Aero Broad-Spectrum Full-Body Sunscreen Spray, SPF 45 Equate Lotion Kids Broad Spectrum Sunscreen Lotion, SPF 50 Ethical Zinc Lotion Natural Clear Zinc Sunscreen SPF 50+ Fruit of the Earth Gel Aloe Vera Gel Goodsense Lotion Sunscreen Lotion La RochePosay Spray Anthelios Sunscreen Lotion Spray SPF 60 Live Better by CVS Health Spray Body Mineral Spray Sunscreen SPF 50 Max Block Lotion Sport Sunscreen Lotion Water Resistance Blue 30 SPF Max Block Lotion Sunscreen Lotion 4 Fl Oz Broad Spectrum Water Resistant SPF 30 Neutrogena Lotion Sheer Zinc Dry-Touch Face Sunscreen SPF 50 Neutrogena Lotion Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Water Resistant Sunscreen SPF 70 Neutrogena Spray Beach Defense Oil-Free Body Sunscreen Spray - SPF 100 Neutrogena Spray Beach Defense Spray Body Sunscreen SPF 50 Neutrogena Spray CoolDry Sport Water-Resistant Sunscreen Spray SPF 50 Neutrogena Spray CoolDry Sport Water-Resistant Sunscreen Spray SPF 70 Neutrogena Spray Invisible Daily Defense Body Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 60+ Neutrogena Spray Ultra Sheer Body Mist Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Spray Neutrogena Spray Ultra Sheer Body Mist Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 45 Neutrogena Spray Ultra Sheer Weightless Sunscreen Spray, SPF 100+ Neutrogena Spray Ultra Sheer Weightless Sunscreen Spray, SPF 70 Raw Elements Lotion Eco Formula Sunscreen Lotion SPF 30 Raw Elements Lotion Eco Formula Sunscreen Lotion Tin SPF 30 Solimo Lotion Sheer Face Sunscreen Lotion SPF 55 Sun Bum Gel Cool Down Gel Sun Bum Lotion Oxy Free Zinc Oxide Sunscreen Lotion - SPF 50 Sun Bum Spray After Sun Cool Down Aloe Vera Spray SunBurnt Gel Advanced After-Sun Gel TopCare Everyday Lotion Sport Sunscreen Lotion SPF 70 TopCare Everyday Lotion Ultimate Sheer Sun Lotion Sunscreen SPF 55 TopCare Everyday Lotion Ultimate Sheer Sunscreen Lotion SPF 70 Up & Up Gel Clear Aloe Vera Gel Walgreens Gel After Sun Gel Walgreens Lotion Broad Spectrum Sport SPF 50 Sunscreen Walgreens Lotion Sport Lotion Sunscreen SPF 50 Walgreens Lotion Sunscreen Sport SPF 50
• Jimmc414 5y ago
  "Epidemiologic studies and case studies provide clear evidence of a causal association between exposure to benzene and acute nonlymphocytic leukemia and also suggest evidence for chronic nonlymphocytic leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia." [1] "There is probably no safe level of exposure to benzene, and all exposures constitute some risk in a linear, if not supralinear, and additive fashion."[2] "on marine vessels benzene air concentrations typically range from 0.2–2.0 ppm during closed loading and 2–10 ppm during open-loading operations" [2] [1] https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Benzene https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Benzene [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4360999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4360999/
• WalterBright 5y ago
  I've reduced using sunscreen a lot by wearing a hat with a wide brim, and long sleeve shirts when I expect to be outside for a while. Yeah I look stupid in the hat, but one advantage to growing older is one quits worrying about that. Besides, my aussie outback hat has grown on me :-)
• Geee 5y ago
  I knew it.. Skin cancer is caused by these products. No wonder why skin cancer numbers are going up all the time.
• contemporary343 5y ago
  A related point: check how close you (and your kids especially) live/ work/ go to school near a gas station. Benzene exposure from living near a gas station is surprisingly high and there's a definition cancer correlation.
  • dcolkitt 5y ago
    How close is close out of curiosity?
    • contemporary343 5y ago
      The regulated minimum is around 300 feet, but I'd double that as a minimum (and depending on wind directions): https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news/gas-stations-vent-far-more-toxic-fumes-previously-thought https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news...
• minikites 5y ago
  It seems to me that it's been proven over and over again that market pressure has insufficient power to ensure consumer safety or product efficacy. That argument is often a tactic to blame the victim for corporate malfeasance or carelessness. For example, you should actually look up what happened to the woman who spilled McDonalds coffee on her lap instead of believing all of the '90s sitcom jokes about it. A powerful government is needed to check the power of corporations and there need to be consequences for the corporation and its leaders which cause actual harm, so they don't just treat it as another cost to their business.
• datameta 5y ago
  Open-source firmware? Color me impressed! And I must laude the clean, well thought-out UX of the website.
• mocmoc 5y ago
  https://codecheck-app.com/ https://codecheck-app.com/
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• koolhaas 5y ago
  Now I wonder if my neutrogena spf 15 moisturizer is contaminated as well…
• ineedasername 5y ago
  Noob chemistry question: lots of sunscreens have oxybenzone in them. Could there be some bad quality control with the chemical engineering that's turning it into benzene?
• refurb 5y ago
  I sure hope no one is throwing out their skincare products. - 2 ppm is a “best guess” on a safe limit. It’s not like 1 ppm is benign and 3ppm means you’re dead - 2ppm is an incredibly small quantity of benzene. 3x a very small quantity is cause for concern (why is it there), but not much of a health hazard - your roasted coffee has a ton of poly aromatic hydrocarbons in it, some of which are carcinogenic and nobody worries about their daily cup of coffee https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933506/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933506/
• andrewmcwatters 5y ago
  Concerning since, "Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Water Resistant and Non-Greasy Sunscreen Lotion with Broad Spectrum SPF 100+" is the #1 best-selling sunscreen on Amazon. Maybe I'll just stick to my CeraVe for now.
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• pers0n 5y ago
  Why do we have to pay to see which ones brands have Benzene in them? The list should of just been put in text.
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