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Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher

Ep 636 | Does It Meet a “Recognized Definition of Health”?

Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher

Blaze Podcast Network

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Sunscreen and Carcinogens… Avoid eating Cicadas… Asteroids are flying by… Medina Spirit test positive, again… Cybersecurity… Chris Harrison / I told you… Ellie Kemper eaten by her own… Gaga postpones… TikTok sends cease and desist… Mayweather / Paul fight this weekend… Subscribe to the YouTube Channel… Email to Chewingthefat@theblaze.com Subscribe www.blazetv.com/jeffy Promo code jeffy… Krispy Kreme goin public… Nestle and “recognized definition of health”… New name for media company… Big media mergers coming… AMC making moves… Hunter laptop keeps giving… Question of the day… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Southern Comfort is so tasteful. Nothing says tasteful, like realising you're the only

0:07.0

one at the party, in fancy dress. And nothing says tasteful, like mixing up a Venom cocktail

0:13.0

with Southern Comfort, orange juice and blue alcupop. What's more tasteful than a neon green

0:17.8

cocktail? Southern Comfort, so tasteful. Follow Southern Comfort at Southern Comfort UK

0:22.2

to learn more. Be drinker.co.uk

0:25.5

Wait, what? Traces of a chemical tied to blood cancers, including leukemia, have been

0:34.3

detected in dozens of popular sunscreens. Oh, okay. So a online pharmacy lab valesiusher

0:47.0

did some tests, and they found benzene, which is a known carcinogen, found in 78 of nearly

0:55.6

300 sprays and lotions that they tested. I including products sold by banana boat and CVS.

1:04.7

Interesting. Really interesting, isn't it? In a petition, the company has asked the FDA

1:09.7

to recall these contaminated batches. The FDA, of course, takes seriously any safety

1:16.5

concerns raised about products that we regulate, including sunscreen. So, I mean, we're on

1:24.5

it. We're on it. Don't you worry about it. So, don't forget that trace levels of benzene

1:31.0

can be found in cigarette smoke, gasoline, glues, adhesives, cleaning products and paint

1:36.9

strippers. That's it, though. So, how would you worry about it? Lots with the highest

1:45.3

contaminations are sold across four different popular brands. Nutrogena, sunbub, I get my

1:51.8

sunscreen from sunbub, CVS health, fruit of the earth. Now, not all of the aforementioned

1:59.2

brands, products, were found to contain benzene and the story lists the products found

2:06.9

to contain and not to contain benzene and there included all throughout this story. Now,

2:13.6

I will say that companies like Johnson & Johnson, the maker of Nutrogena, said, no, that

2:21.2

is not an ingredient in any of our personal care products. The maker of banana boat defended

2:26.8

its products as well, stating that our suncare products undergo rigorous testing to ensure

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