Johnson recalls 6 of its products, tells consumers to stop using them

Johnson Ann Johnson has recalled most of its sunscreen products (Neutrogena and Aveeno) from US stores after the potentially carcinogenic chemical benzene was detected in some samples.

And the Washington Post quoted Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday that consumers should stop using six types of sunscreens (Neutrogena and Aveeno) and get rid of them, with the exception of Neutrogena for wet skin.

It is also advising distributors and retailers to stop selling products and prepare to return them, he said.

The company, based in New Brunswick, New Jersey, has confirmed that it does not use benzene in the manufacture of solar sprays and is investigating why they contain this carcinogen.

A spokesperson for Johnson & Johnson said the company is in contact with regulators in other countries on the matter.

Johnson & Johnson did not say how many bottles were affected by the carcinogen and what exact percentage of benzene it contained, although it said the levels were low and should not cause health problems.

The company had paid millions of dollars in damages in lawsuits related to its decades-old talcum powder, which was linked to ovarian cancer.

The latest recall comes two days after US health authorities warned of an “increased risk” of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disease, in people who have received the “Johnson & Johnson” vaccine against Covid- 19.

And the US Food and Drug Administration reported that 100 people developed Guillain-Barré syndrome, out of an estimated 12.5 million people who received this single-dose vaccine.

She added that of those 100 patients, one died and 95 were hospitalized for treatment due to the severity of their condition.

Guillain-Barré syndrome is a disease that affects the peripheral nerves, causing their weakness or even progressive paralysis. It often begins in the legs and sometimes goes up to the respiratory muscles and then to the nerves of the head and neck.

This disease affects between three thousand and six thousand people each year in the United States.