At least 44 hand sanitizers have cancer-causing chemical
Mar 25, 2021 3:58:25 GMT -5
Post by Midnight on Mar 25, 2021 3:58:25 GMT -5
At least 44 hand sanitizers made amid pandemic shortages have high levels of cancer-causing chemical benzene which is considered as dangerous as ASBESTOS, pharmacy warns
Valisure, an online pharmacy based in New Haven, Connecticut, tested 260 hand sanitizer bottles from 168 brands
A total of 44 batches or 17%, had detectable levels of benzene, a carcinogen linked to certain blood cancers such as leukemia
Twenty-one bottles, 8%, had levels of benzene above the FDA-recommended limit of two parts per million
One bottle, from company artsnatural, had 16.1 parts per million of benzene, eight times more than the recommended limit
Valisure has sent a letter to the FDA asking the agency to recall the batches and to conduct its own analysis
By MARY KEKATOS SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:59 EDT, 24 March 2021 | UPDATED: 17:26 EDT, 24 March 2021
Some hand sanitizers that popped up during the coronavirus pandemic to help meet the demand, contain high levels of a cancer-causing chemical, a new analysis finds.
Valisure, an online pharmacy based in New Haven, Connecticut, said it has detected benzene in several batches across multiple brands of hand sanitizer.
The product is considered as dangerous as asbestos and several companies had levels up to eight times that the limit recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
'The presence of benzene, a known human carcinogen, and multiple other contaminants, in products widely recommended for the prevention of spreading the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19 and regularly used by adults and children in large volumes makes these findings especially troubling,' Valisure wrote in a letter to the FDA.
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Valisure, an online pharmacy based in New Haven, Connecticut, tested 260 hand sanitizer bottles from 168 brands
A total of 44 batches or 17%, had detectable levels of benzene, a carcinogen linked to certain blood cancers such as leukemia
Twenty-one bottles, 8%, had levels of benzene above the FDA-recommended limit of two parts per million
One bottle, from company artsnatural, had 16.1 parts per million of benzene, eight times more than the recommended limit
Valisure has sent a letter to the FDA asking the agency to recall the batches and to conduct its own analysis
By MARY KEKATOS SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:59 EDT, 24 March 2021 | UPDATED: 17:26 EDT, 24 March 2021
HAND SANITIZERS WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF BENZENE
1. artnaturals
2. Scentsational
3. huangjisoo
4. TrueWash
5. The Crème Shop
6. Star Wars Mandalorian
7. Body Prescriptions
8. Born Basic
9. beauty concepts
10. PureLogic
1. artnaturals
2. Scentsational
3. huangjisoo
4. TrueWash
5. The Crème Shop
6. Star Wars Mandalorian
7. Body Prescriptions
8. Born Basic
9. beauty concepts
10. PureLogic
Some hand sanitizers that popped up during the coronavirus pandemic to help meet the demand, contain high levels of a cancer-causing chemical, a new analysis finds.
Valisure, an online pharmacy based in New Haven, Connecticut, said it has detected benzene in several batches across multiple brands of hand sanitizer.
The product is considered as dangerous as asbestos and several companies had levels up to eight times that the limit recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
'The presence of benzene, a known human carcinogen, and multiple other contaminants, in products widely recommended for the prevention of spreading the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing COVID-19 and regularly used by adults and children in large volumes makes these findings especially troubling,' Valisure wrote in a letter to the FDA.
Full article at link
