The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a voluntary recall of several benzoyl peroxide acne treatments after ...

(Bloomberg) -- Acne treatments sold by Proactiv and Walgreens Boots Alliance are being recalled because they are contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical called benzene, the US Food and Drug ...

The agency announced that after concerns were raised about levels of benzene in products containing benzoyl peroxide, they tested 95 acne products with the ingredient. While most had “undetectable or ...

The Czech government is calling it the largest contamination of its kind in the world, involving benzene, a toxic, carcinogenic substance used in plastics, dyes, detergents, and pesticides.