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Why is this being downvoted so heavily? Is this a known conspiracy theory? Does anyone have evidence to the contrary? Or a secondary source for the allegation?

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icelancer 4y ago
Valisure is being investigated by the FDA for the benzene thing, but their history is pretty reliable and dovetails with FDA findings. It's not clear why the FDA is going after Valisure for this particular independent test. However, there is also a huge sunscreen "truther" movement that's been going on since the late 90's, bolstered by publications like Mother Jones. Google "sunscreen conspiracy" and you'll find tons of alternative medicine (aka nonsense) sites about it. My guess is that the downvotes are coming from those who have heard of the latter and conflate it for the former. My personal opinion is that Valisure is on the up and up, but who knows.
derbOac 4y ago
Another perspective from Consumer Reports: https://www.consumerreports.org/toxic-chemicals-substances/benzene-known-carcinogen-in-spray-sunscreens-deodorants-a1136768493/ https://www.consumerreports.org/toxic-chemicals-substances/b... They didn't find it in their testing, but noted recalls.
tdeck 4y ago
I'm also confused. This was a big news story a while back; it led to dozens of product recalls. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/15/johnson-johnson-sunscreen-recall-benzene/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/15/johnson-joh... https://www.npr.org/2021/10/01/1042507194/coppertone-recalls-sunscreen-benzene https://www.npr.org/2021/10/01/1042507194/coppertone-recalls... https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/17/health/sunscreen-recall-cancer-wellness/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/17/health/sunscreen-recall-cance... Perhaps because my comment was so brief and had only one reference it lacked credibility.

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icelancer 4y ago

Valisure is being investigated by the FDA for the benzene thing, but their history is pretty reliable and dovetails with FDA findings. It's not clear why the FDA is going after Valisure for this particular independent test. However, there is also a huge sunscreen "truther" movement that's been going on since the late 90's, bolstered by publications like Mother Jones. Google "sunscreen conspiracy" and you'll find tons of alternative medicine (aka nonsense) sites about it. My guess is that the downvotes are coming from those who have heard of the latter and conflate it for the former. My personal opinion is that Valisure is on the up and up, but who knows.

derbOac 4y ago

Another perspective from Consumer Reports: https://www.consumerreports.org/toxic-chemicals-substances/benzene-known-carcinogen-in-spray-sunscreens-deodorants-a1136768493/ https://www.consumerreports.org/toxic-chemicals-substances/b... They didn't find it in their testing, but noted recalls.

tdeck 4y ago

I'm also confused. This was a big news story a while back; it led to dozens of product recalls. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/15/johnson-johnson-sunscreen-recall-benzene/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/15/johnson-joh... https://www.npr.org/2021/10/01/1042507194/coppertone-recalls-sunscreen-benzene https://www.npr.org/2021/10/01/1042507194/coppertone-recalls... https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/17/health/sunscreen-recall-cancer-wellness/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/17/health/sunscreen-recall-cance... Perhaps because my comment was so brief and had only one reference it lacked credibility.