Beauty Products Keep Getting Recalled for Benzene. Just How Dangerous Is It?

You’ve probably already seen a TikTok or worrying headline about it, but beauty conglomerate Unilever announced a voluntarily recall last month of several of its dry shampoos (from brands including Nexxus, Dove, Suave, TIGI—Rockaholic and Bed Head—and TRESemmé) due to elevated levels of benzene, a known human carcinogen. In a company release , Unilever stated, “Based on an independent health hazard evaluation, daily exposure to benzene in the recalled products at the levels detected in testing would not be expected to cause adverse health consequences.” The recall was declared “out of an abundance of caution,” with no reports of adverse… Read Full Article