Dandruff news: Neutrogena T-Gel shampoo discontinued due to benzene/cancer lawsuit

Neutrogena T-Gel was a very strong anti-dandruff / anti-psoriasis shampoo. It was available in original and extra strength. It was known as a "tar" shampoo, and some people swore by it to control stubborn dandruff/scalp psoriasis problems.

It vanished from stores in 2023. Why?

A class action lawsuit was filed, claiming T-Gel contained benzene, known to be a carcinogen. Benzene was not listed among the ingredients.

Rather than modify T-Gel, Neutrogena simply decided to discontinue it. They still have a shampoo called T-Sal, which uses completely different ingredients, but is also aimed at dandruff and psoriasis. Some people alternated between T-Gel and T-Sal in order to control their problem, and are very upset that the T-Gel portion is now gone.

The lawsuit says that "benzene can cause side effects including vomiting, stomach irritation, dizziness, sleepiness, convulsions, irregular heartbeat, tissue injury, bone marrow damage, decrease in red blood cells, anemia, irregular menstrual cycles, low fertility and excess bleeding", in addition to cancer.

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Originally Posted by Dan Druff

Neutrogena T-Gel was a very strong anti-dandruff / anti-psoriasis shampoo. It was available in original and extra strength. It was known as a "tar" shampoo, and some people swore by it to control stubborn dandruff/scalp psoriasis problems.

It vanished from stores in 2023. Why?

A class action lawsuit was filed, claiming T-Gel contained benzene, known to be a carcinogen. Benzene was not listed among the ingredients.

Rather than modify T-Gel, Neutrogena simply decided to discontinue it. They still have a shampoo called T-Sal, which uses completely different ingredients, but is also aimed at dandruff and psoriasis. Some people alternated between T-Gel and T-Sal in order to control their problem, and are very upset that the T-Gel portion is now gone.

The lawsuit says that "benzene can cause side effects including vomiting, stomach irritation, dizziness, sleepiness, convulsions, irregular heartbeat, tissue injury, bone marrow damage, decrease in red blood cells, anemia, irregular menstrual cycles, low fertility and excess bleeding", in addition to cancer.

This is not a problem as long as Neutrogena's parent company has some way to offset any losses from lawsuits. If they also owned some sort of Healthcare venture, maybe cancer treatment
then this is not a problem and well within the golden rule.

Give me a break shampoo, hell I was just reading Putin's sent another dire threat of nuclear war. Sorry guys we have to roll the dice on nuclear war because Robert Kagan
and Victoria Nuland and the M.I.C. are getting big bucks in the annual defense budget.
No snake eyes, roll...

The Golden Rule: Corporate profit isn't everything, it's the only thing.
That is the golden rule and there's not a bit of sarcasm in that statement.

Benzene has to be everywhere.
As a gasoline (petrol) additive, benzene increases the octane rating and reduces knocking. As a consequence, gasoline often contained several percent benzene before the 1950s, when tetraethyl lead replaced it as the most widely used antiknock additive. With the global phaseout of leaded gasoline, benzene has made a comeback as a gasoline additive in some nations. In the United States, concern over its negative health effects and the possibility of benzene entering the groundwater has led to stringent regulation of gasoline's benzene content, with limits typically around 1%.[68] European petrol specifications now contain the same 1% limit on benzene content. The United States Environmental Protection Agency introduced new regulations in 2011 that lowered the benzene content in gasoline to 0.62%

We're fucked.

You really suffer badly from dandruff?