Last summer I received treatment for invasive basal cell carcinoma on my face. In a very tricky area; the nasolabial fold. It required 20 radiation treatments.
I have been using Neutrogena sunscreen religiously on my face for as long as I can remember. I buy it in bulk; because it’s odorless and goes on well. I protect my face from the sun more than anyone I know. (I’m a ghost in my profile pic. By design.) 🤷♀️
Hats are my mothership.
So why did I get cancer if I followed all the rules?
Benzene.
It’s a carcinogen, and it causes cancer.
Johnson & Johnson is recalling Neutrogena & Aveeno sunscreens because, oops! They got caught.
And while “benzene is not LISTED AS AN INGREDIENT IN ANY OF OUR SUNSCREEN PRODUCTS, it was detected in some samples.��
Well that’s certainly convenient.
But not after making BILLIONS on the therapies for the cancer it causes, (ie leukemia.)
Imagine what other “colorless, odorless” ingredients are in other everyday products?
If only we had an agency that we could trust to find out.