A kind of child powder distributed in 35 states and bought on-line via Amazon is being recalled as a consequence of potential contamination with asbestos.
The Dynarex Company stated Monday that its earlier recall of Dynacare Child Powder, initiated in September, had expanded from 12 states to 35, based on an organization announcement on the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration web site.
The corporate stated the recalled Dynacare Child Powder merchandise have been bought on or after Jan. 18, 2024, in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin and on-line via Amazon.com.
The recalled merchandise embody each 4-ounce and 14-ounce sizes, based on Monday’s announcement.
Dynarex has instructed clients to instantly discontinue use of recalled Dynacare Child Powder merchandise and return them for a full refund. There have been no diseases or opposed occasions reported thus far in reference to the recall, based on Dynarex.
Questions on refunds and returns might be directed to Dynarex Company at 888-396-2739 or 845-365-8200 throughout enterprise hours of 8:30 a.m. to five p.m. ET, or by e mail at recall@dynarex.com.
The corporate first introduced the recall on Sept. 19 following “routine sampling” by the FDA, “which revealed that the completed merchandise contained asbestos,” a identified carcinogen, the corporate acknowledged at the moment.
“Upon additional investigation, now we have recognized extra a number of merchandise that will include asbestos as a consequence of utilizing the identical bulk talc materials,” Dynarex acknowledged on Monday. “The corporate has ceased the distribution of the product as an investigation is continuing to find out what induced the contamination of the talc.”
In line with the Environmental Safety Company, asbestos “is a mineral fiber that happens in rock and soil” that “has been utilized in a wide range of constructing building supplies for insulation and as a hearth retardant” and “in a variety of manufactured items.”
“Publicity to asbestos will increase your danger of growing lung illness,” the EPA states. “That danger is made worse by smoking. Basically, the larger the publicity to asbestos, the larger the prospect of growing dangerous well being results. Illness signs might take a few years to develop following publicity.”
As Dynarex famous Monday, asbestos “is commonly discovered close to talc, an ingredient in lots of beauty merchandise.”
“If talc mining websites usually are not rigorously chosen or if correct steps usually are not taken to adequately purify the talc ore, it could include asbestos,” the corporate stated.
