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Manufacturer of the antiperspirant I use changed the formula without indicating on the packaging (self.rant)
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Been using the same antiperspirant for 7 years. I have bad allergies and sensitive skin so once I find one that works for me I stick with it. My stockpile I bought last year was finally running out so I bought a new can. Identical packaging, absolutely no difference on the outside. I used it for the first time today and discovered that they added some kind of powerful, harsh fragrance to it which immediately irritated my eyes and nose. Then after a few minutes my armpits broke out in a rash. I'm fucking livid.

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[–] taxon 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Did the old version contain carcinogenic benzene? My brand did, and I had to wait for the class action notice in the mail.

[–] TheDoozer 9 points 1 week ago

Benzene is bad stuff. It's in jet fuel, and the illness you get from it will make you waste away painfully. In addition to leukemia and cancer, it can get in your bone marrow and severely reduce production of red blood cells.

I work with a bunch of fairly toxic chemicals (work in aircraft maintenance), and I always tell new people "Don't fuck with benzene and don't fuck with chromate. Chromate will give you cancer and give your future kids deformities, benzene will make you die badly."

My father-in-law died of the disease usually caused by chronic benzene exposure, and it took him 5 years to die. I would have eaten a bullet (or taken a TON of morphine) after the first 6 months. Don't fuck with benzene.

[–] ikidd 9 points 1 week ago

Oh, wow. $10/ea or 3.65M total. I bet they're suitably chastened.

[–] IMNOTCRAZYINSTITUTION 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

fortunately no, that's kinda scary though

or if it did, it's not included in the ingredients lists