What is benzene and why is it in my sunscreen?

<p><strong>#102</strong></p><p>Well there's more to sunscreen than we thought. Like some super recent not so great info, about something called benzene. This is another example of the unfortunate dark side of chemistry. Check it out and make sure to check the list of safe sunscreens in the references below!</p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/08/10/osha-backs-off-trying-to-fire-cancer-specialist/649696f8-ac91-4f32-bc67-aa8ab9174c81/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/08/10/osha-backs-off-trying-to-fire-cancer-specialist/649696f8-ac91-4f32-bc67-aa8ab9174c81/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/benzene/3005709.article">https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/benzene/3005709.article</a></li> <li><a href="https://www-tandfonline-com.libproxy.library.unt.edu/doi/abs/10.1179/oeh.2006.12.3.268">https://www-tandfonline-com.libproxy.library.unt.edu/doi/abs/10.1179/oeh.2006.12.3.268</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Attachment-A-Table-5-of-Valisure-FDA-Citizen-Petition-on-Sunscreen-v2.pdf">https://www.valisure.com/wp-content/uploads/Attachment-A-Table-5-of-Valisure-FDA-Citizen-Petition-on-Sunscreen-v2.pdf</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.valisure.com/blog/valisure-news/valisure-detects-benzene-in-sunscreen/">https://www.valisure.com/blog/valisure-news/valisure-detects-benzene-in-sunscreen/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0015.htm">http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0015.htm</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.who.int/ipcs/features/benzene.pdf">https://www.who.int/ipcs/features/benzene.pdf</a></li> <li><a href="h