topic Re: Sun Screen ~ Double Check your brand!!!! in Beauty

Sun Screen ~ Double Check your brand!!!!

gertrudecloset — Fri, 28 May 2021 03:44:32 GMT

Today, I read a story that said that various brands of sunscreen have higher than should be amounts of benzene in the product and it is raising concerns as benzene is a carcinogen.

Many of the ones that were studied were Neutrogena brand items.

78 product batches had detectable levels of benzene — 26 of those contained high levels between 0.1 parts per million and 2 parts per million, while 14 contained significantly high benzene levels of over 2 parts per million.

It includes name brands like Neutrogena, CVS Health, Fruit of the Earth, Banana Boat, Raw Elements, EltaMD, and Top Care EveryDay.

See if yours is on the list for higher amounts of this cancer causing agent:

https://www.valisure.com/blog/valisure-news/valisure-detects-benzene-in-sunscreen/

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Mindy D — Fri, 28 May 2021 04:28:31 GMT

@gertrudecloset wrote:
Today, I read a story that said that various brands of sunscreen have higher than should be amounts of benzene in the product and it is raising concerns as benzene is a carcinogen.

Many of the ones that were studied were Neutrogena brand items.
78 product batches had detectable levels of benzene — 26 of those contained high levels between 0.1 parts per million and 2 parts per million, while 14 contained significantly high benzene levels of over 2 parts per million.

It includes name brands like Neutrogena, CVS Health, Fruit of the Earth, Banana Boat, Raw Elements, EltaMD, and Top Care EveryDay.

See if yours is on the list for higher amounts of this cancer causing agent:

https://www.valisure.com/blog/valisure-news/valisure-detects-benzene-in-sunscreen/

@gertrudecloset @Thank you so much. I read the whole letter with data from Valisure. Very scary. If the sunscreens by themselves have benzene I bet that the face makeups with sunscreen have benzene too. Wish Valisure would test them.

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decaf — Fri, 28 May 2021 05:20:02 GMT

@gertrudecloset Thank you for this, any benzene is bad news. The raw materials they're using to manufacture this stuff needs to be free of any toxic chemicals. The H and B industry in the US polices itself. We need oversight like Europe has.

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decaf — Fri, 28 May 2021 04:35:39 GMT

@Mindy D Boy, are you right about all the face makeup!

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Mindy D — Fri, 28 May 2021 04:36:50 GMT

@decaf @Plus, it's near enough to the mouth, and some put it on the lips. We are SWALLOWING it.

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decaf — Fri, 28 May 2021 04:42:13 GMT

@Mindy D And this is all cumulative, they preach WEAR YOUR SUNSCREEN. I've been wearing sunscreen in Florida everyday for decades.

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Mindy D — Fri, 28 May 2021 04:45:34 GMT

@decaf wrote:
@Mindy D And this is all cumulative, they preach WEAR YOUR SUNSCREEN. I've been wearing sunscreen in Florida everyday for decades.

Look at the op and follow to the Valisure l ink Gertrude included. You can see which brands had less benzene and which were highest.

Think about all the little toddlers and babies coated in this stuff.

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LuvmyLab — Fri, 28 May 2021 05:13:47 GMT

Is there a place to find this information for free? When I click on the link it states you have to sign in as a member (which costs $) to find out which products are safe or not.

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decaf — Fri, 28 May 2021 05:32:25 GMT

@LuvmyLab That I don't know. I got to the list, not too easily. Try to click on "Complete Valisure's FDA Citizen Petition" That takes you to another site, you'll find it there on page 12. HTH

Re: Sun Screen ~ Double Check your brand!!!!

gertrudecloset — Fri, 28 May 2021 05:39:29 GMT

Ladies:

News outlets are reporting this story. I found the 19 page PDF by clicking through a link on the online magazine "Shape." ConsumerLabs. Just put the search criteria in your search engine and click through. Take your time. If one link doesn't work, click through another.

I can't post a PDF here and can't copy and paste from it.

Good luck to all ~ hope your brand is not affected!

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on the bay — Fri, 28 May 2021 06:34:07 GMT

This is a good reminder but it has been reported for years that this is a carcinogen.

I still have in my wallet a card listing that as a dangerous ingredient.

We usually see it as oxybenzone

on sunscreens. There are others. Just do a search.

There are still so many dangerous ingredients in our food and makeup that Europe has long ago banned.

Carragean in ice cream and so many other things, oleoresin in mayonnaise-on and on.

Thanks FDA for not protecting us and there is really no protection in the beauty industry.

@gertrudecloset,

thank you for posting this info however because still so many are unaware even years later.

We often feel if something is being sold here, it is safe. It really is not always the case.

We can all read ingredients, look things up, be our own very good advocates, with medications too.

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decaf — Fri, 28 May 2021 07:16:02 GMT

@on the bay

@on the bay wrote:
This is a good reminder but it has been reported for years that this is a carcinogen.
I still have in my wallet a card listing that as a dangerous ingredient.
We usually see it as oxybenzone
on sunscreens. There are others. Just do a search.

There are still so many dangerous ingredients in our food and makeup that Europe has long ago banned.
Carragean in ice cream and so many other things, oleoresin in mayonnaise-on and on.
Thanks FDA for not protecting us and there is really no protection in the beauty industry.

@gertrudecloset,
thank you for posting this info however because still so many are unaware even years later.
We often feel if something is being sold here, it is safe. It really is not always the case.
We can all read ingredients, look things up, be our own very good advocates, with medications too.

@on the bay We're not discussing oxybenzone, an active ingredient in sunscreens. This new study is finding benzene, a VERY carcinogenic industrial solvent, in many common sunscreens.

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on the bay — Fri, 28 May 2021 07:35:54 GMT

@decaf,

Oh thank you. My mistake.

Still, it would do us all well to research all ingredients they put in sunscreens.

I'm not surprised by these new findings as there have been toxic ingredients in food and beauty and sunscreens for years.

Zinc is good to use. Without anything else (I hope).

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Jk9 — Fri, 28 May 2021 10:09:42 GMT

Thanks for posting @gertrudecloset .

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SilleeMee — Fri, 28 May 2021 12:53:38 GMT

Are any of them being recalled by the FDA? Until then, I'm not concerned.

Who is "Valisure"?? never heard of them.

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decaf — Fri, 28 May 2021 14:12:41 GMT

@SilleeMee I'm reading they're an independent testing lab, they've sent the results of this study to the FDA asking them to recall these products. I use Target UP and UP Clear Aloe Gel (at the end of this list) to make Vitamin C serum so I'll be following this story.

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Shelbelle — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:02:25 GMT

So, does this mean that physical sunscreens we thought were so much better for us containing zinc oxide are not really better for us, and ones with Avobenzone can be better for our skin and bodies, very confusing. I always urge my daughtet to use only physical sunscreens on my grandkids.

This same article was found today in my email newsletter from People's Pharmacy.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:28:10 GMT

@decaf wrote:
@SilleeMee I'm reading they're an independent testing lab, they've sent the results of this study to the FDA asking them to recall these products. I use Target UP and UP Clear Aloe Gel (at the end of this list) to make Vitamin C serum so I'll be following this story.

@decaf

There are hundreds of independent testing labs all over the place. Many are funded by private corp in order to use the data to launch new products. I'm leery when that kind of stuff goes on b/c much of it is not completely transparent when it comes to why the testing is being done to begin with. Just sounds fishy.

I'm more concerned about the use of sodium benzoate, a preservative used today in place of parabens. SB converts to benzene in the presence of other ingredients such as ascorbic acid as well as other food/cosmetic acids.

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decaf — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:35:46 GMT

@SilleeMee My understanding is the FDA does not regulate OTC health and beauty products. If no one is policing these big companies (except themselves) I don't see anything wrong with an independent lab bringing this information, IF it is reliable data, to the attention of the FDA and consumer.

Maybe I feel this way more after seeing Part 1 of the HBO documentary about Purdue Pharma and the Oxycotin nightmare. Have you seen it? The FDA does not have a lily white reputation themselves

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SilleeMee — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:38:42 GMT

@decaf

The FDA does regulate cosmetics.

https://www.fda.gov/cosmetics/cosmetics-laws-regulations/fda-authority-over-cosmetics-how-cosmetics-are-not-fda-approved-are-fda-regulated