Category: cancer causing ingredients

Mass Recall of Dry Shampoo Products in Canada Due to Cancer-Causing Chemical

Canada’s national health agency has issued a recall for more than a million hair products after benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, was detected. Health Canada issued the mass recall on Oct. 18 after the chemical was detected in certain lots of Bed Head TIGI, Dove, and Tresemmé dry shampoo products that are packaged in aerosol cans….


Toxic Chemicals Found in Half of Commonly Used US Cosmetics: Study

Toxic cancer-causing chemicals have been detected in more than half of commonly used cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada, a study has found. New research from the University of Notre Dame shows that many of the cosmetics contain high levels of chemicals which are resistant to breaking down in the environment—known as perfluoroalkyl…