Valisure LLC found benzene in OTC sunscreens it tested at levels above the recommended concentration in the US and is asking for a recall of contaminated products plus more well-defined limits for the carcinogen in cosmetic as well as drug products.
The analytical laboratory says its analysis of 294 batches of sunscreens, which are regulated as drugs, and after-sun skin care products, commonly considered cosmetics, from 69 different companies, it found