A spate of proposed federal court class actions followed a report by online pharmacy Valisure, which detected benzene in several brands and batches of sunscreen, including the J&J unit’s Aveeno and Neutrogena brands.
Plaintiffs alleged the presence of benzene, which has been linked to leukemia and other cancers, renders the sunscreens worthless. Humans can be exposed to benzene through inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion, and skin and eye contact, they said.
J&J has said the ...