GUANGZHOU: Six brands of hair cream were found to contain the potentially cancerous toxic chemical lentine, the city's food and drug administrative authority said yesterday.

The tainted brands include five manufactured in the southern province of Guangdong - two in Zhongshan city and the rest in the provincial capital of Guangzhou - and Zhangguang 101 based in Beijing, the provincial food and drug inspection and administration bureau said, having tested 81 batches of cosmetics made by 90 companies this year.

The bureau tested the Guangdong-based hair cream and revealed their findings about Zhangguang 101 to its Beijing counterpart, the Xinhua News Agency said.