Environmental Group Alleges Walgreens’ Skin Peel Contains Carcinogen
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The Center for Environmental Health claims Walgreen’s and four other firms market trichloroacetic acid-containing products, violating California’s Prop 65. Perfect Image, MedPeel and Peel Rx skin peel products expose consumers to “more than the lifetime cancer limit for TCA with each use,” CEH says.
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