Monday, April 28, 2008

Should You put Baby Shampoo on your Baby?

The Ingredient list on the back of Johnson&Johnson's Baby shampoo.
Is it just me or is it insane that on the back of the bottle it reads:
"Keep out of reach of young children"

Where is the FDA in all of this? This is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. On the back of a can of room air-freshener it states: Breathing of ingredients can be harmful or fatal.
Now they have wall units that dispense this poison throughout every room in your home. They are required to state warnings of possible death by breathing the product in, but its advertised purpose is to freshen the air in your living environment.


Ingredients in this product are linked to:

Developmental/reproductive toxicity
Violations, Restrictions & Warnings
Allergies/immunotoxicity
Other concerns for ingredients used in this product:
Neurotoxicity, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Miscellaneous, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Enhanced skin absorption, Contamination concerns

This manufacturer:
Compact for Safe Cosmetics signer
Conducts animal testing

Ingredients from packaging: WATER, PEG-80 SORBITAN LAURATE, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, SODIUM TRIDECETH SULFATE, GLYCERIN, LAUROAMPHOGLYCINATE, PEG-150 DISTEARATE, SODIUM LAURETH-13 CARBOXYLATE, FRAGRANCE, POLYQUATERNIUM-10, TETRASODIUM EDTA, QUATERNIUM-15, CITRIC ACID, D&C YELLOW 10, D&C ORANGE 4.

Directions from packaging: Wet hair, apply shampoo, lather, and rinse,Repeat.

Warnings from packaging: Keep out of reach of young children.

This product is manufactured for use on children?
This past weekend I actually went through my home and threw away all the cleaners under the sink. This stuff is all poison. There are alternatives.

Graham

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