I-Unilever isandula ukubhengeza ukukhumbula ngokuzithandela iimveliso ze-aerosol ezithandwayo ezili-19 ezithengiswa e-US ngenxa yenkxalabo malunga ne-benzene, ikhemikhali eyaziwa ngokubanga umhlaza.
Ngokutsho kweSebe lezeMpilo lase-US kunye neeNkonzo zoLuntu, ukuvezwa kwi-benzene, ebizwa ngokuba yi-carcinogen yomntu, kunokwenzeka ngokuphefumla, ukungenwa, okanye ukudibanisa ulusu kwaye kunokubangela umhlaza, kuquka i-leukemia kunye nomhlaza wegazi.
Ngokutsho kwamaZiko oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo, abantu bavezwa kwi-benzene imihla ngemihla ngezinto ezifana nomsi wecuba kunye ne-detergents, kodwa kuxhomekeke kwidosi kunye nobude be-exposure, ukubonakaliswa kunokuthathwa njengengozi.
I-Unilever ithe ikhumbula iimveliso "ngaphandle kokhuseleko" kwaye inkampani ayikafumani ngxelo yeziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezinxulumene nokubuyiswa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Iimveliso ezikhunjulwayo zenziwa ngaphambi kuka-Oktobha 2021 kwaye abathengisi baye baziswa ukuba basuse iimveliso ezichaphazelekayo kwiishelufu.
Uluhlu olupheleleyo lweemveliso ezichaphazelekayo kunye neekhowudi zabathengi zingafumaneka apha. Inkampani yathi kwingxelo yeendaba ukuba ukukhumbula akuyi kuchaphazela i-Unilever okanye ezinye iimveliso eziphantsi kweempawu zayo.
Ukukhumbula kwenziwa ngolwazi lwe-US Food and Drug Administration. I-Unilever ibongoza abathengi ukuba bayeke kwangoko ukusebenzisa iimveliso zokucoca ezomileyo ze-aerosol kwaye batyelele iwebhusayithi yenkampani ukuze babuyiselwe iimveliso ezifanelekileyo.
Ixesha lokuposa: Nov-03-2022