Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen (Credit: FDA) SHELTON, Conn. - Edgewell Personal Care Company has issued a voluntary nationwide recall over three batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 over the presence of benzene.
Company leaders said they found the chemical in an internal review of some samples. "While benzene is not an ingredient in any Banana Boat products, the review showed that unexpected levels of benzene came from the propellant that sprays the product out of the can," the company leaders said in a statement released by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration. RELATED: Beef prices set to surge further as farmers sell off cattle herdsThe list of affected products can be found here.
The company added no other batches of the product were involved in the recall. Benzene is a highly flammable, widely used chemical that’s present throughout the environment.