Johnson & Johnson Refuses to Remove Cancer Causing Chemicals from Baby Products
May 26th, 2009 by
Last Friday a letter signed by 50 groups representing about 1.7 million people was sent to William Weldon, the CEO of Johnson & Johnson. The letter was asking the company to reformulate it’s iconic baby shampoo and other care products to be free of the cancer causing chemicals 1,4-dioxane and formaldehyde. The widespread response it in reaction to a recent study showing many J&J products as containing small amounts of these dangerous chemicals. The response from Johnson & Johnson response was that they have no immediate plans to take steps toward removing the chemicals and that their are many regulatory agencies in the world that consider the trace levels of these chemicals to be safe. There are others of course who do not. The true concern is not that Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo in and of itself has dangerous levels of 1,4-dioxane and formaldehyde, but that it in combanation with the many other care products from Johnson & Johnson among other companies eventually will add up to dangerous levels. The chemicals could be removed from the products at additional cost, as in Japan where regulations prevent the use of chemicals that will create formaldehyde. J&J products do not contain formaldehyde in Japan. At the very heart of this ordeal is the fact that although cosmetic care products are obsorbed into our bodies they are not regulated for safety in the United States, a fact that cosmetic companies have lobbied hard to maintain.
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5 Responses to “Johnson & Johnson Refuses to Remove Cancer Causing Chemicals from Baby Products”
Perego Uno Says:
When buying products for your baby, see to it that the ingredients are not harmful.
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Helene Says:
It’s scary to think that there are dangerous chemicals in common products used by babies. Thanks for informing the readers of Take Charge of Your Health Care Carnival.
Sandi Says:
November 18th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
This is absolutely horrible that Johnson & Johnson will not remove the harmful chemicals from their baby products.
Not only are these chemicals in Baby products, but adult products as well.
Samuel Says:
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:16 am
Johnson’s Baby Shampoo is made using 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, and D&C Orange #4.
The following above is the ingrediants in Johnson’s Baby Shampoo. I was lead to believe their Johnson’s Baby Shampoo
was as safe as water. However i got it stuck in my eyes…and its not as safe as water. Also the point that they refuse to take out cancer causing chemicals would explain alot about them and would explain why 1/2 the nation’s population is getting cancer. After all-it seems as if people who have used this shampoo gets the signs of cancer awefully worst. I would never recomend this to any parent/s to use on their kids. False Advertisement drives people to buy such harmfull products on their kids.
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