Valisure found benzene, a "known human carcinogen" at "unacceptably high levels" in your sunscreen, dry shampoo and now your benzoyl peroxide acne creams. Are we rubbing cancer into our skin, or is it deliberate fearmongering? IMO it's clearly the latter.

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In this video:
0:00 Benzene in your products: a short history
2:04 Temperature hijinks
9:32 Cancer shenanigans
14:09 Concentration illusions
24:09 Methodology fails
31:44 What's the harm?
35:19 Follow the money?

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