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aszantu06/16/20252 repliesview on HN

Lots of sunscreen and other beauty products seem to be contaminated with benzene. Johnson & Johnson was caught a few times putting it in baby powder or something


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dylan60406/16/2025

J&J's baby powder situation was related to asbestos[0]. So it must be under your "or something" hand wavy qualifier. If you're going to sling dirt, at least make it accurate. The benzene use was in other products like sunscreen[1]

[0]https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/johnsona...

[1]https://www.jnj.com/media-center/press-releases/johnson-john...

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xp8406/18/2025

My favorite sunscreen, the cans of spray Neutrogena, was recalled for benzene contamination, I remember. 2 or 3 years ago. Thankfully they reformulated or did whatever was necessary because after a bit, they brought the product line back.