Health Canada issued an urgent warning that Unilever products contain chemical benzene that leads to cancer, according to the US Food and Drug Administration and the Canadian Ministry of Health. Unilever has been manufacturing these contaminated products since 2020 until the beginning of this month, when millions of Some of the shampoo containers were contaminated with the chemical benzene, and accordingly, the company’s products were also withdrawn from America due to suspicion of contamination.
Dove shampoo contains a carcinogen
As dermatologists said, when the skin is exposed to benzene, it results in leukemia and other diseases that kill people, and among the products that contain this substance are Dove shampoo products of all kinds and Bed Head shampoo, and in this context, Unilever confirmed in a statement that after it had The company conducted an in-house investigation, which found massive levels of benzene in a number of its personal care products, prompting it to pull these products from the market.
It is worth noting that Unilever had withdrawn all products made from the carcinogenic chemical benzene before October 2021, and this decision again raised doubts about the safety of the aerosol used in skin care products.
The effects of gasoline on human health
Benzene is one of the most dangerous chemicals that a person may be exposed to during his life on a daily basis, directly through inhalation, or indirectly through sources rich in benzene, and benzene leads to cancer, because the levels of blood cancer, specifically Acute myeloid leukemia, is higher in workers who are exposed to large amounts of benzene in their jobs such as chemical production, shoes, petroleum refining, and others.