The company Johnson & Jonson is recalling all the lots of five products because, after a careful internal examination, traces of a carcinogenic substance emerged. The American FDA has invited those who bought the sun creams of the two lines not to use them. The recall concerns only the US market, but it is good to check the products purchased online because they could be important precisely from the USA.
The sun creams of Johnson & Johnson contaminated belong to the lines Neutrogena e Aveeno, and they are all spray. They are the following.
- Neutrogena Beach Defense.
- Neutrogena Cool Dry Sport.
- Neutrogena Invisible Daily.
- Neutrogena Ultra Sheer.
- Aveeno Protect + Refresh.
Johnson & Johnson, sun creams withdrawn from the market: what is benzene
All batches of these solar could contain the benzene, a human carcinogen with long exposure. Benzene is present everywhere in the environment, and we are all continuously exposed both outdoors and indoors to this chemical compound.
Today used as solvent on an industrial level, until a few decades ago it was also present in large quantities in drugs, plastic materials for domestic use, synthetic rubbers and dyes. It is also present in the petrol as an anti-knock agent in place of the more polluting tetraethyl lead.
Benzene causes damage to the body e tumors if inhaled for a long time, by prolonged contact with the skin and if swallowed. The FDA, which deals with pharmacovigilance and safety of food, care and beauty products in the United States, has conducted studies.
Johnson & Johnson, sunscreens withdrawn from the market: what are the risks
The agency’s models found that daily exposure to benzene through the use of sunscreen, with the amounts reported by Johnson & Johnson in products withdrawn from the market, should not be particularly hazardous to health. The recall was therefore made to ensure maximum safety to customers.
The benzene it is not used in the production of creme and gods sun filters. Therefore Johnson & Johnson is investigating the causes of the contamination and will provide further information about the authorities.
It must be remembered that the use of protections against i rays Uv is the only weapon against the damage caused to the skin by the sun and protects against the development of tumors very aggressive. The incidence of cutaneous melanoma in the world population is growing, and the major cause is one of the most frequent causes of the development of this type of cancer is precisely thedirect exposure to sunlight.
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