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Study Says Many Baby Bath Products Unsafe
Formaldehyde Found In Shampoo
Posted: 10:59 am EDT March 13, 2009
The labels on baby products say "gentle" and "pure," but a consumer group said it has found that dozens of children's bath products are contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals.
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics had baby shampoos, bubble baths and lotions tested for a chemical called 1,4-dioxane and formaldehyde.
Researchers found many products contained the substances, which the FDA does not require on product labels.
<span style="font-weight: bold">In tests of 48 products, it said 67 percent had 1,4-dioxane</span>. <span style="font-weight: bold">Tests of 28 products found 82 percent had formaldehyde</span>. The lists of products are available in a downloadable report.
The group says that <span style="font-weight: bold">even small levels of exposure can add up.</span>
It wants people to ask Congress to give the FDA the power to regulate cosmetics and baby products to make sure there are no contaminants.
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