Benzoyl Peroxide: A Dermatologist on Science-splaining
Benzoyl peroxide in acne creams generating carcinogenic benzene, is there cause for concern or not? It’s trendy now to defend science, but what is science, when it is practiced to the exclusion of all viewpoints?
Let’s go through the actual paper to better consider the validity of viewpoints that have emerged, namely that the extreme temperatures involved in benzene byproduct generation are unrealistic scenarios.
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