The multinational cosmetic L’Oreal has been forced to withdraw from the United States market A ROCHE-POSAY product Due to the possible presence of benzene, a substance that is related to cancer, according to Newsweek.
This media publishes that the French company, globally led by Nicolas HariOimus, in coordination with the government agency, food and medication administration of the United States (FDA), has had to make the decision to guarantee the safety of its consumers, and withdraw the product for the treatment of acne acne Effaclar duo of the La Roche-Posay brand.
The different tests, according to different US media, revealed that Benzoil peroxide products not only contain benzene, but also They can also free it in the airwhich represents a risk of inhalation.
According to Bloomberg, Valisure, an independent laboratory in Connecticut, United States, detected benzene contamination in products that use benzoyl peroxide. This is explained because benzoyl peroxide It breaks down quickly. From these results, the laboratory asked the United States competent government agency to urgently withdraw contaminated treatments.
Effaclar Duo, the popular treatment against acne of the Roche-Posay, has been urgently removed from the market in the United States.
The reason has been the presence of benzene, a known carcinogen.
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«In close coordination with the FDA, we have proactively decided withdraw the remaining units of the current effaclar duo formula«They said from L’Oreal in a statement, collected by Bloomberg. Spain continues to market this product in pharmacies and there is still no alert by the Spanish Agency for Medication and Safety.
The FDA explains that benzene is a chemical present in crude oil, gasoline and cigarette smoke, whose exposure can increase cancer risk. The entity evaluated 95 acne products contained in benzoyl peroxide and detected six with high benzene levels.
The same means indicate that, in the case of L’Oréal products that are withdrawn from the market in the United States, benzene was detected in acne treatments containing peroxide from benzoil, a common ingredient in this type of products.
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