Recall alert: Dry shampoo, conditioners pulled due to cancer-causing chemical
Many of us buy beauty or health products without thinking twice about the ingredients. What goes in a bottle can be a mystery, especially whenever ingredients are listed with scientific-sounding names — like these recalled hand sanitizers that include the toxic chemical methanol.
Over the years, some of the ingredients in personal grooming products have been found to have cancer-causing properties. Unfortunately, it’s often only after thousands of units in sales that the contaminated products are recalled.
Read on for the latest grooming products from a well-known maker that you need to toss if you have them at home.
Here’s the backstory
Dry shampoo and conditioner can work wonders if you’re in a hurry and need to look presentable. The alcohol or starch ingredient is highly efficient in soaking up the oil and grease, which leaves your hair looking and feeling cleaner.
It’s amazing when it works as it should — but more than 30 aerosol spray products from Procter & Gamble are now the subject of a recall. The reason? They contain the cancer-causing ingredient benzene.
In a statement, Procter & Gamble said that benzene isn’t an ingredient in any of their products, but “unexpected levels” came from the propellant that sprays the product out of the can.
The recall spans several products across the Pantene, Aussie, Herbal Essences, and Waterless brands. It also includes discontinued products from Old Spice and Hair Food.
The products affected by the recall include:
Waterless (styled as Waterl Pantene
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