"People should still continue to use sunscreen, I think, is an important message to get across." "In this case it really seems to be a manufacturing contaminant problem, not an inherent problem with sunscreen," Light says. Of the 294 batches of sun products tested, 26 had benzene levels lower than 2 ppm, and 14 had levels containing 2 ppm or more - up to three times the FDA conditional amount, according to Dermatology Times. However, the agency does give conditional use approval for benzene of 2 parts per million if "use is unavoidable in order to produce a drug product with a significant therapeutic advance." But benzene isn't necessary for sunscreen production. Valisure's findings are concerning because there is no safe amount of benzene in any product, according to the FDA, which refers to it as a Class 1 Solvent. Leukemia (cancer of blood-forming organs), anemia (a decrease in red blood cells), excessive bleeding and decreased ovary size have all been linked to long-term benzene exposure, according to information from the CDC and Department of Health and Human Services.
Benzene, an industrial chemical normally found in crude oil and cigarette smoke that can also be used in manufacturing plastic and pesticides, is a known human carcinogen that can cause harm with long-term exposure, which is exposure for more than one year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings are detailed in Valisure's May 24 petition to the Food and Drug Administration to recall the product lots that contain dangerous amounts of benzene.
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