What is benzene and why is it in my sunscreen? - a podcast by Melissa and Jam

from 2021-07-01T04:55

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#102

Well there's more to sunscreen than we thought. Like some super recent not so great info, about something called benzene. This is another example of the unfortunate dark side of chemistry. Check it out and make sure to check the list of safe sunscreens in the references below!

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References from this episode


  1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/08/10/osha-backs-off-trying-to-fire-cancer-specialist/649696f8-ac91-4f32-bc67-aa8ab9174c81/

  2. https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/benzene/3005709.article

  3. https://www-tandfonline-com.libproxy.library.unt.edu/doi/abs/10.1179/oeh.2006.12.3.268

  4. https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Attachment-A-Table-5-of-Valisure-FDA-Citizen-Petition-on-Sunscreen-v2.pdf

  5. https://www.valisure.com/blog/valisure-news/valisure-detects-benzene-in-sunscreen/

  6. http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0015.htm

  7. https://www.who.int/ipcs/features/benzene.pdf

  8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3053447/

  9. https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Valisure-Citizen-Petition-on-Benzene-in-Sunscreen-and-After-sun-Care-Products-v9.7.pdf

  10. https://cen.acs.org/business/consumer-products/Lab-finds-benzene-78-sunscreens/99/i21

  11. https://ir.library.louisville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3602&context=etd

  12. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-03/documents/benzene_toxicological_profile_tp3_3v.pdf


  13. https://www.fda.gov/food/chemical-contaminants-food/questions-and-answers-occurrence-benzene-soft-drinks-and-other-beverages





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