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Old Spice, Secret deodorants recalled over detection of cancer-causing agent

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Over a dozen products are being recalled.
More than a dozen Old Spice and Secret deodorants are being recalled by Procter & Gamble Co. after a cancer-causing agent was found in the products. The company earlier this week “voluntarily” recalled the products “due to the presence of benzene detected,” according to an FDA release. Exposure to benzene, a carcinogen “can occur by inhalation, orally, and through the skin and it can result in cancers including leukemia and blood cancer of the bone marrow and blood disorders which can be life-threatening,” read the release.

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