P&G is Recalling Select Pantene, Herbal Essences, Secret and Old Spice Products in Canada
By Ambia Staley
March 30, 2022P&G is voluntarily recalling select Pantene, Herbal Essences, Secret and Old Spice Products in Canada due to the presence of benzene.
Benzene is a chemical compound classified as a human carcinogen -- a substance that has the potential to cause cancer depending on the level and extent of exposure. Exposure to benzene can occur by inhalation, orally and through the skin.
P&G has stated that daily exposure to the level of benzene detected in select products would not be expected to cause adverse health consequences, but they are conducting this recall out of an abundance of caution.
Which Products are Included in the Recall?
P&G has listed a selection of spray hair care products from Pantene and Herbal Essences, as well as Secret and Old Spice aerosol spray antiperspirants. We've listed the recalled products for you below.
- Pantene Dry Shampoo Aerosol Spray, 140g (UPC: 080878177073)
- Pantene Smooth Talker Dry Conditioning Oil Aerosol Spray, 112g (UPC: 080878192427)
- Pantene Never Tell Dry Shampoo Aerosol Spray, 120g (UPC: 080878191345)
- Pantene Mist Behaving Dry Conditioner Mist Aerosol Spray, 112g (UPC: 080878189199)
- Herbal Essences White Strawberry & Sweet Mint Dry Shampoo, 4.9oz. (UPC: 190679000255)
- Herbal Essences White Grapefruit & Mint Dry Shampoo, 4.9oz. (UPC: 190679000262)
- Herbal Essences Blue Ginger Refresh Dry Shampoo, 4.9oz. (UPC: 190679001498)
- Herbal Essences Cucumber & Green Tea Dry Shampoo, 4.9oz. (UPC: 190679000248)
- Herbal Essences Cucumber & Green Tea Dry Shampoo, 1.7oz. (UPC: 190679000330)
- Old Spice Sweat Defense Pure Sport Plus Dry Spray Antiperspirant/Deodorant 107g (UPC: 037000728870)
- Old Spice Sweat Defense Stronger Swagger Dry Spray Antiperspirant/Deodorant 107g (UPC: 037000728863)
- Old Spice Sweat Defense Ultimate Captain Dry Spray Antiperspirant/Deodorant 107g (UPC: 012044029053)
- Secret Baby Powder Antiperspirant/Deodorant Spray 122g (UPC: 056100008965)
- Secret Outlast Completely Clean Dry Spray Antiperspirant/Deodorant 107g (UPC: 037000747765)
- Secret Outlast Protecting Powder Dry Spray Antiperspirant/Deodorant 107g (UPC: 037000747826)
- Secret Dry Spray Lavender Antiperspirant/Deodorant 107g (UPC: 037000729587)
- Secret Dry Spray Waterlily Antiperspirant/Deodorant 107g (UPC: 037000729600)
You can also click the above links to see specific production code ranges that are included in this recall.
This recall also covers products sold in the United States from Aussie, Hair Food, and Waterless. You can visit their pages to find more information on who to contact if you're in Canada and own U.S. product covered in the recall.
What to do if you Have Recalled Products
If you currently have any of these products in your home, you are advised to stop using them and appropriately discard them.
You can also claim reimbursement from P&G on their product recall pages:
- Click here for Pantene product reimbursement
- Click here for Herbal Essences product reimbursement
- Click here for Old Spice product reimbursement
- Click here for Secret product reimbursement
You are able to claim reimbursement for 1 product per brand (as of March 31) and no receipt or proof of purchase is required. You will have to enter your name, address, email, and phone number in order to submit your request. You'll then receive reimbursement in the mail in 4 to 6 weeks.
So far, P&G has not reported any adverse reactions related to this recall, however if you experience an adverse reaction or any problems, you're advised to report it to Health Canada online or via regular mail.
Editor's note: As of March 31, all 4 P&G brands included in the Canadian recall seem to only be allowing 1 reimbursement request per brand. Prior to this, Canadians were able to claim reimbursement for up to 3 items per brand.
39 Comments
20x wouldn't be too helpful as it's 20x on the final out of pocket amount before tax. Using coupons and PC points will lower your final out of pocket amount. If you ended up with 0$ out of pocket, then you get no points even if it's 20x.
Hope this does not get abused.
In the past I would have taken advantage of this regardless if I used these products or not.
Perhaps just getting old, but doing the right thing is more and more important to me.
Not trying to preach, each his own, but I can sleep better at night when feel I am not contributing to the problem
and maybe helping make this world a better place in little things we do and say.
Ron.
https://www.voicesofmpn.com/mpn-blog/es ... facts.aspx
https://www.aussie.com/en-us/aerosol-recall
https://herbalessences.com/en-us/aerosol-recall/
https://pantene.ca/en-ca/aerosol-recall
https://secret.com/en-us/en-ca-aerosol-recall
https://oldspice.com/en-us/aerosolrecall
https://hairfood.com/en-us/aerosol-recall
Thanks OP, not interested in coupons to buy more carcinogens but good to know the old spice we have been using is spiked with this stuff.
(I know every thing around us gives us cancer, but that doesn’t mean you just bend over and let them pump even more of this stuff into us by cutting corners and trying to make things right before their bottom line is potentially affected)
Doesn’t affect our household … we all gave up aerosols long ago
(After all the Ozone fallout during the 1980s & 90s)
Too many things wrong with aerosols overall
Don’t know why folks are still using them
When there are great alternatives (esp when it comes to deodorants )
There are however multiple 'tiers' of benzene. There's 'not detectable', there's 'detectable but the amounts of super tiny so unlikely to have any health impact', and 'it's there in enough for you to care'.
This company claims that they're in the second tier. They're probably right, but if I saw two products on the shelf I'd pick one in the first tier.
It is worth noting that Benzene is EVERYWHERE now. It's a feedstock for plastic, rubber, lubricants, degreasers, gasoline, diesel, dyes, resins, nylon, etc. That new car smell? Benzene. Gasoline smell? Lots of benzene. New rubber smell? Benzene. Hot asphalt? Benzene. Smell of printing ink? Benzene. Squealing Tires? Benzene. WD-40? Benzene. Drinking water after a forest fire? Benzene. I'm not trivializing the benzene you might get from consumer products production, but it is unlikely to be high on your list of benzene sources.
"If you have this USA product in hand but live in CA, please call 1-888-674-3531"
Based on the subtotal. I sometimes used $20 or $30 in coupons and still got PCO points on the subtotal amount.
Now I am getting old, I just watch whatever's on Netflix which I paid for monthly and play whatever free games are on my android phone's play store. And only use apps that are free. I don't even have Microsoft Office on my PC.
Pretty sure will still get burn in hell but maybe just less heat. Lol
But trust me … it’s just gonna end up being some other nasty chemical that works as the accelerant
There’s really very little reason these days to use aerosols at all … we certainly don’t miss them and it’s been over 20 years for us
Lots of alternatives …
And this recall … many are on deodorants … one of the easiest to switch out … just like we did
Stopped using sprays … and moved to sticks or roller balls … no regrets
I'll make assumptions about what @sirxterminator was saying. Abused would be people that have not purchased the product, to make a claim. ie - Fraud. To think that "greedy, global conglomerates" deserve it somehow because they've got more money than you? I guess, it's the same for the guy that smashes my window to steal $3 in change I've got in my console. I've got more money than him, so it's ok.
If you've bought the stuff? Cool. Rest easy knowing that you're entitled to the coupons back.
In this case, the manufacturers are being decent, providing refunds without requiring proof of purchase. If too many people are fraudulent, then be damn sure they'll require you to return any product, opened or not.
"Greedy corporations, that only care about profits". Ya. That's a business.
What if I claim all the coupons which I am not entitle to but give them all away to people in need.
Being Robinhood might be legally wrong, but is it morally wrong?
Those greedy top 5% of the world population soaking up every last drop of resource that they will never use in their lifetime, meanwhile the other 95% of humanity have to suffer just because they were born less privileged.
On the other note what are some of the healthy alternative products for men for shampoos, soaps, deodorants?
Thanks
I think you missed the <sarcasm> prompt in your reply
Either that … or you’re clueless
So WHY then exactly is there this recall on all these AEROSOL products ?