Check your bathroom for select spray dry-shampoo brands including Dove, Suave and a few other brands.
Check your bathroom for select spray dry-shampoo brands including Dove, Suave, TRESemmé and TIGI’s Rockaholic and Bed Head — they’ve been voluntarily recalled after experts flagged the products for “potentially elevated levels” of benzene, a chemical known to cause cancer in humans with long-term exposure.
Based on an independent health-hazard evaluation, daily exposure to benzene in the recalled hair products at the levels detected in testing would not be expected to cause adverse health consequences, Unilever said in its release. It said the company is recalling the products out of an abundance of caution. Unilever said it has received no reports of adverse events to date relating to this recall.
Hair products aren’t the only target of research into benzene’s long-term effects on health. The chemical has also come under scrutiny by scientists and academics who are measuring the long-term effects of gas stoves. Don’t miss: Another reason to swap your gas stove? Study finds cancer-causing chemicals in natural gas