Kids Bath Products Laced With Toxins

May 13, 2009

Today, the desire of people to ‘look good and smell good’, is unprecedented. The cosmetics/personal care industry is big business, with countless millions of dollars being poured into seductive advertising, eye pleasing packaging, irresistible scents, silky, sophisticated lotions.
The marketing is phenomenal and deliberate for body products.

The problem is, that these body products are laced with chemicals that are toxin. The buildup in our systems in suspected in many illnesses.

A bigger problem, is that our children are exposed to these toxins by their contact with us, and inhaling the fumes from fragrances.

And worse yet, even BABY products contain them.

Children are at a greater risk of illness from toxic chemicals than adults - the skin of an infant is soft and permeable, and has less protective barriers than adult skin against chemicals. Indeed, a recent National Academy of Sciences study suggests that environmental factors contribute to at least 28 per cent of childhood developmental disabilities.

The dangers of toxins in children's products are in thousands of everyday products used by new parents who are trying to give their children the best start in life. But taking the time to do a little research on the toxins in children’s products can make a massive difference in your family’s well being.

Here is an article from the Times-Colonist Newspaper

Study: Kids Bath Products Laced With Toxins

"Many popular children's products on the market contain the cancer-causing chemicals formaldehyde or 1,4-dioxane, a study has found.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, based in Washington, D.C., tested the best-known brands available in North America containing ingredients with a high-risk of contamination. The results, released yesterday, show that 17 of 28 - or 61 per cent - contained both toxins, including some products pitched to parents as gentle and natural.

They include Johnson's Baby Shampoo, L'Oreal Kids Extra Gentle 2-in-1 Fast Dry Shampoo, Huggies naturally Refreshing Cucumber & Green Tea Baby Wash, Gerber's Grins & Giggles Milk & Honey Baby Wash, bubble bath products branded with popular children's characters also tested positive for both chemicals, including Barbie, Dora the Explorer, Sesame Street, Hot Wheels and Tinker Bell.

Twenty-three of 28 products contained formaldehyde at levels ranging from 54 to 610 parts per million.

The levels of dioxane, found in found in 32 out of 48 products, ranged from 0.27 to 33 ppm."

Times-Colonist
March 13, 2009

To me, this is unconscionable. Parents have no idea that they are using body products on their babies that contain toxins. I venture to say that, through my research, there are various other harmful chemicals in baby and children's products as well as those focused on in the article above.

If you are buying 'organic' products, be careful as to whether they really ARE organic. Unfortunately, there are loopholes in the rules about labelling. If a product has even one organic ingredient in it, manufacturers are allowed to advertise as organic - wrong for sure, but that is what happens in some cases.