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...
Benzene detected in many sunscreen products
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#42Gasoline 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.
And some brands/products even have a 70% Std.Dev... seems to be more manufacturing inconsistency and bad quality control.
Pretty sure age is a big factor. The components of many sunscreens (non mineral) break down into benzene. They recommend throwing out your unused sunscreen after every year.
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#43What if skin cancer was actually caused by sun screen? Wouldn't that be ironic, don't ya think?
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.
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#44Sprays do the worst by a big margin.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can't tell if this is sarcasm. Anyway, I think my exposure to gasoline is higher than to sunscreen.
Not sarcasm. After driving electric for a while (used are affordable... at least until the last couple months when the price of used cars went through the roof), the smell of gasoline seems especially pungent.
Funny you say that because I specially like the smell of gasoline, kind of like smell of glue or diesel exhaust. I know, kind of weird but I know a lot of other people who are in the same boat.
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#46Pretty 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.
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.
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#47Gasoline 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.
Yeah but hopefully you don't rub that stuff all over your face and just pump it into your car.
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.
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#48Gasoline 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.
Yeah but hopefully you don't rub that stuff all over your face and just pump it into your car.
I got a bunch all over me while working on the jetski this weekend. Whee
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#49Neutrogena 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'…
All around classy company: 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.
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I wonder how their accrued liabilities column looks like for the sunscreen products.
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#50What if skin cancer was actually caused by sun screen? Wouldn't that be ironic, don't ya think?
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