Right Guard Women Deodorant, Total Defence 5 Pure Anti-Perspirant Spray, Multipack 6 x 250 ml

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Right Guard targets sports enthusiasts, as portrayed through its advertising from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. In November 2021, Valisure, an independent laboratory, tested 108 body sprays from 30 different brands and found more than half contained benzene. Benzene exposure is linked to certain cancers, including leukemia and lymphoma.

On May 1, 2022, a proposed class of consumers filed suit against P&G in Ohio federal court. The consumers claim that P&G misled them about the safety of its deodorant body spray products. The class seeks to represent a nationwide class as well as subclasses for Illinois, Arizona, California, and Florida residents who bought the tainted products. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. In total, 24 lots of aerosol sprays from 8 different brands had levels of benzene above 2 ppm, 14 lots from 8 brands contained detectable amounts of benzene between 0.20 to 1.89 ppm, and 21 lots from 8 brands included detectable benzene at less than 0.1 ppm.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), exposure to benzene over time can cause issues with the immune system, blood, and bone marrow, which can include cancers such as leukemia.

This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. Tests by Valisure, however, found concerning levels of benzene in some batches of P&G products. The most highly contaminated – two lots of an Old Spice antiperspirant called Pure Sport (Lots 11671458SQ and 11671458SB; UPC 012044001912) – contained 17.7 and 17.4 average parts per million of benzene, said Valisure CEO David Light. The presence of benzene in deodorants is concerning. Several studies have shown that the chemicals in skincare products can be found in high levels in the bloodstream after they are applied to the skin. Available traffic sources (source/medium/campaign, etc.) associated with the chat. It does not store any personal data. Impurities may be present in the manufacturing environment due to the use of certain chemicals, equipment or containers. We need more testing,” said David Andrews, a senior scientist for the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit environmental and consumer health advocacy group.The sunscreens tested by Valisure were only a tiny sample of the more than 11,000 registered sun care products on the market. Right Guard is an American brand of deodorant and shower gel that is manufactured and sold by Thriving Brands LLC. It is the second largest brand in the male deodorant category in the United States. [1] Right Guard was introduced in 1960 by The Gillette Company as the first aerosol deodorant. [2] The Procter & Gamble Company acquired Gillette in 2005 and sold the Right Guard brand to The Dial Corporation, a subsidiary of Henkel, in 2006. [3] The brand was acquired by Thriving Brands LLC in June 2021. [4] Marketing [ edit ]

The US Environmental Protection Agency has set a much lower limit – 5 parts per billion (ppb) – for exposure to benzene in drinking water. The agency has also set a “goal of 0 ppb for benzene in drinking water and in water such as rivers and lakes because benzene can cause leukemia.” Benzene, which is not needed to make deodorant, was reportedly found in more than half of 108 batches of deodorant body sprays and antiperspirants that were tested by the independent lab Valisure, according to CNN. Benzene was reportedly found in 30 different brands of deodorant. Here’s what you need to know. What is benzene and why does it matter? Users of benzene-containing deodorants who developed cancer, especially leukemia and lymphoma, after regular use of the tainted products, are also pursuing lawsuits. I think there’s good evidence that propellants are a significant source of this contamination but there’s a variety of potential sources in the raw materials used to create the products as well,” Light said. P&G’s Secret Powder Fresh 24-Hour Aerosol (Lots 11721458SG and 11701458SH; UPC 037000711087) contained about 16 average ppm.Last week, “in an abundance of caution,” manufacturer Procter & Gamble voluntarily pulled 17 different types of Old Spice and Secret antiperspirant off the shelves, according to a press release.