I-Unilever ikhumbula imikhiqizo edumile yokunakekelwa kwezinwele ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthi amakhemikhali abangela umdlavuza 'angakhuphuka'

I-Unilever isanda kumemezela ngokuzithandela ukukhumbula imikhiqizo engu-19 edumile yokuhlanza i-aerosol edayiswa e-US ngenxa yokukhathazeka nge-benzene, ikhemikhali eyaziwa ngokubanga umdlavuza.
NgokoMnyango Wezempilo Nezinsizakalo Zabantu wase-US, ukuchayeka ku-benzene, echazwa njenge-carcinogen yomuntu, kungenzeka ngokuhogela, ukumunca, noma ukuthinta isikhumba futhi kungabangela umdlavuza, okuhlanganisa i-leukemia nomdlavuza wegazi.
Ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, abantu bachayeka ku-benzene nsuku zonke ngezinto ezifana nentuthu kagwayi nezihlanzi, kodwa kuye ngomthamo nobude bokuchayeka, ukuchayeka kungabhekwa njengokuyingozi.
I-Unilever ithe ikhumbula imikhiqizo “ngaphandle kokuqapha” nokuthi inkampani ibingakayitholi imibiko yemiphumela engemihle ehambisana nokubuyiswa kuze kube manje.
Imikhiqizo ebuyisiwe yenziwa ngaphambi kuka-Okthoba 2021 futhi abathengisi bazisiwe ukuthi basuse imikhiqizo ethintekile emashalofini.
Uhlu oluphelele lwemikhiqizo ethintekile namakhodi omthengi angatholakala lapha. Le nkampani ithe esitatimendeni sabezindaba ukuthi ukubuyiswa ngeke kuphazamise i-Unilever noma eminye imikhiqizo engaphansi kwemikhiqizo yayo.
Ukukhumbula kwenziwa ngolwazi lwe-US Food and Drug Administration. I-Unilever inxusa abathengi ukuthi bayeke ngokushesha ukusebenzisa imikhiqizo yokuhlanza i-aerosol futhi bavakashele iwebhusayithi yenkampani ukuze bathole imbuyiselo yemikhiqizo efanelekile.