Batiste Dry Shampoo in Bare 200ml, Barely Scented Light Fragrance, No Rinse Spray to Refresh Hair in Between Washes

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Butane: Commonly used in aerosol sprays, this is a volatile organic compound ( VOC) and known irritant , meaning it can cause and/or exacerbate respiratory problems and asthma. It is on MADE SAFE’s Banned List and gets a score of 6 on EWG’s Skin Deep database. Is it safe to use? – As the article states, we don’t recommend using Batiste as the safest dry shampoo. Since it’s an aerosol, it’s more likely to contain benzene, but even more than that, it contains fragrance and several other ingredients (listed above) that aren’t entirely safe. This has many readers asking us: what about Batiste?! Is this popular dry shampoo brand a part of the recall? Does Batiste contain benzene? Is it safe to use? Well, here are the ingredients listed in Batiste’s “Original Classic Clean” dry shampoo: Butane, Isobutane, Propane, Oryza sativa starch, Alcohol denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol, Benzyl benzoate, Distearyldimonium chloride, Cetrimonium chloride. Are These Ingredients Bad for You? No, Batiste was not part of the December 2021 P&G recall, nor the October 2022 Unilever recall. Batiste is not owned by P&G or Unilever (it’s owned by Church & Dwight Co., Inc.) and therefore was not tested for benzene for these recalls.

Parfum (Fragrance): Whenever you see this ubiquitous ingredient listed in your personal care or cleaning products, it should always raise a red flag. Because of a loophole in the law, companies are legally allowed to hide almost 4,000 different ingredients under the word “fragrance” or “parfum” without actually disclosing those ingredients to consumers. Valisure’s analysis found extreme variation in sprays, even from the same can, “suggesting inconsistent product composition and/or aerosolization in some products,” the lab said in the petition. While Not Your Mother’s Clean Freak dry shampoo contained 143 parts per million of benzene in the first spray, the fourth spray contained 93 parts per million. Valisure’s findings, including a list of contaminated dry shampoos, can be found in the petition it filed with the FDA. We had seen significant amounts of benzene in Unilever products before they went on recall,” Light said, declining to specify amounts. Valisure, a New Haven, Connecticut-based analytical laboratory, tested 148 batches from 34 brands of spray-on dry shampoo and found that 70% contained benzene. The chemical can cause certain blood cancers, such as leukemia. The company filed a petition Monday with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking to have the products that contain the substance recalled. These ingredients can be quite difficult to avoid, but if you’re someone who has extra sensitive skin, you should consider trying to remove them from your regimen to see if it makes a difference for your skin.Well, we don’t know. There are several different kinds of phthalates (as well as other endocrine disruptors) that are allowed as “fragrance” ingredients. Since Batiste does not disclose their fragrance ingredients or explicitly say they’re phthalate-free, we cannot confidently say they’re phthalate-free. Limonene, Linalool, Geraniol: These are iffy ingredients. They’re found naturally in many plants (mostly citrus), but they can also be extracted and made synthetically. These ingredients are classified as irritants, allergens, and sensitizers, but their potential to cause damage depends a lot on:

Benzene, which is at the center of the Batiste Dry Shampoo Class Action Settlement, is a well known odorless, and colorless chemical. Prolonged exposure to benzene carries serious health risks and consequences. Thus, the CDC and FDA recommend that consumers be aware of ingesting or consuming benzene in products, as well as the environment. For more about benzene, read the CDC's fact sheet on the chemical here. Oryza sativa starch: This is just rice starch and is safe. The only thing you really have to worry about is pesticide contamination, but that’s the case with any non-organic ingredients. Some of these ingredients are completely safe (lavender, for example, is on the list), while others (like phthalates) are known toxins. Consumers deserve to know what’s in the products they buy, and for this reason, we almost never recommend products with “fragrance” listed on the ingredients (with the exception being if the brand actually makes those fragrance ingredients publicly available and they are indeed safe). You can read more about this fragrance loophole problem here. the individual using the product (some people are much more sensitive to these ingredients than others)

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Benzene is a known carcinogen, most specifically linked to leukemia. P&G sums it up pretty well in their statement: A similar situation resulted in a massive national product recall. The consumer recall was issued by Proctor and Gamble in 2022 over the same ingredient, known as benzene, over certain P&G shampoos and conditioners such as Pantene, Aussie, Herbal Essences, HairFood, Old Spice, and Waterless. Some companies have pointed to propellants as the problem. Spray personal-care products, including dry shampoos, often contain propellants like propane and butane that are petroleum distillates made by refining crude oil. Benzene is a known contaminant of petroleum products. The propane and butane used in personal-care products are supposed to be purified so that no benzene is present. The FDA has confirmed propellants are a potential source of benzene contamination.

In other words: Batiste dry shampoo COULD be cruelty-free, but we can’t be sure that some of their ingredients are not tested on animals. Who Owns Batiste? No. You don’t have to worry about parabens or sulfates either. Is Batiste Dry Shampoo Phthalate-Free? Hey Riley! Not sure if you read the article thoroughly, but here is the summary of our answers to those questions: We’ve reached out to Batiste to ask about this issue, and we’ll update this article if and when they give us an answer! Does Batiste Dry Shampoo Have Aluminum? The EWG scores for these ingredients range from 3 to 5. On MADE SAFE’s Banned List, they are listed as banned “when not a naturally-occurring component of whole plant oil.”If you’ve used dry shampoo from haircare line Batiste, you may be able to cash in on an incoming multimillion-dollar settlement. Top-selling dry shampoos including Not Your Mother’s and Church & Dwight Co.’s Batiste contain high levels of benzene, the cancer-causing chemical that led Unilever to yank its product from shelves in October, according to a new independent study. Dry shampoo is not a product you use one time and are done with it,” said David Light, CEO of Valisure. “A lot of people use it once a day, or a few times a week.”