Acne Cream Customers Allege No Cancer Risk Warning (Correct)

Customers who bought acne creams, washes, and bars sued Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.—an entity that was spun off from Johnson & Johnson last year into Kenvue Inc.—in Los Angeles federal court on Friday, days after the US Food and Drug Administration was alerted to high levels of a cancer-causing chemical in common acne products.

Johnson & Johnson Consumer should have warned potential customers that its Clean & Clear and Neutrogena products contain or can break down into the chemical benzene, the proposed class action filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California said. The customers ...