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Popular hand sanitizer may cause CANCER, warns FDA

October 09, 2021 -

But according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Americans should avoid a popular brand of hand sanitizer because it contains dangerous cancer-causing ingredients.FDA: Beware ArtNaturals hand sanitizer

In a statement, the FDA warns that it has found "unacceptable levels of benzene, acetaldehyde and acetal contaminants" in several of ArtNaturals (stylized artnaturals) scent-free hand sanitizers. The sanitizers are labeled with "DIST....

Cancer-causing chemical found in hand sanitizers made during the pandemic

April 05, 2021 - artnaturals, Candles Inc. and The Creme Shop. Among those sampled, the sanitizer made by artnaturals contained the most benzene at 16 parts per million, which is eight times higher than the the limit approved by the FDA.

Valisure also found that the products with the highest levels of benzene only appeared on shelves back in April or May 2020, when people began exhausting the supplies of bigger, more popular brands like Purell.

It isn't clear how ...

Cancer-causing chemical found in 21 hand sanitizer brands, say scientists

November 16, 2022 -

But since last year, 21 hand sanitizer brands had been recalled or banned in the U.S. as data revealed that these products contain a cancer-causing chemical. They were among the 168 brands tested last year by independent lab Valisure.

Thousands of products made in China, South Korea and America were pulled from shelves between April 2021 and September 2022.

According to data, hand sanitizers like gels and sprays contained dangerous levels of benzene, a carcinogen ...