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Valisure Alerts US FDA To Benzene In Dry Shampoos, Says Any Detected Level Could Be ‘Unacceptable’

 
• By Eileen Francis

Valisure found 70% of 148 tested dry shampoo batches contained ‘quantifiable’ benzene. The US FDA advises a strict 2ppm limit when benzene’s use is unavoidable to produce a drug product with a “significant therapeutic advance.” In dry shampoos, “any significant detection of benzene could be deemed unacceptable,” Valisure suggests in its 31 October citizen petition to the agency.

Valisure LLC urges the US Food and Drug Administration to seek recalls of dry shampoo products that its testing identified as potentially contaminated with benzene, and to update regulations and guidance to set limitations on impurities in cosmetic products that pose known risks to human health.

In a citizen petition submitted to the agency on 31 October, the analytical laboratory says 70% of the 148 batches...

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