Posted on 08/15/2012 7:41:23 AM PDT by To-Whose-Benefit?
"Nearly a year after several advocacy groups threatened a boycott against Johnson & Johnson over the use of potentially harmful chemicals in its Baby Shampoo and other products, the healthcare giant has agreed to remove carcinogens and other toxic chemicals from numerous adult toiletries and cosmetic products by the end of 2015. In all, J&J will reformulate hundreds of items that are sold in 57 countries.
The move was announced by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, which is a coalition of more than 175 nonprofit organizations that raised awareness of the issue over the past two years and succeeded last fall in pressuring J&J to respond to its complaints (back story). The criticism also came at a time when J&J was already under sustained regulatory pressure for a long-running series of manufacturing gaffes that led to huge numbers of product recalls that undermined its venerable brand name and prompted shareholder unrest and calls for changes in management.
At the time, J&J made a commitment to globally reformulate its baby products – including the No More Tears Baby Shampoo – and to remove carcinogens 1,4 dioxane and formaldehyde by the end of 2013. Now, J&J has developed a more carefully crafted public response. The health care giant this morning launched a web page that features a video message from Susan Nettesheim, vp of product stewardship for consumer health brands, where she refers to a “five-level safety and assurance process” and maintains that J&J “knows the value of listening” to consumer “perspectives” (look here and here)."
(Excerpt) Read more at pharmalot.com ...
If the product works without formaldahyde in it, Why was it in it to begin with?
In this particular instance, whatever Politics those nonprofits ascribe to isn't the deciding issue for me. The removal of a Funeral Home Embalming chemical from Baby Shampoo IS.
Babies don't care whether the Formaldahyde in their Shampoo is Liberal or Conservative.
Yet I’m still alive after all these years.
The headline is somewhat misleading. Everything in the universe is made out of chemicals.
No kidding. Show someone the chemical components in an apple without telling them what it is but it will keep the doctor away if taken daily.
I good many people will go on a rant about the pharmaceutical companies making a buck.
Our chemists have told us that triclosan is in fact very dangerous. Be careful of animal products also. Many horse products use triclosan.
I’d also be curious to know who the 175 kindhearted non profits are that are looking out for me whether I like it or not.
“who the 175 kindhearted non profits are “
Fair ‘nuff. I posted it, and I’ll get flack for it. There’s some really wacky, ultra lefties among them. No denying it.
http://safecosmetics.org/article.php?id=278
However, What was formaldahyde doing in Baby Products if they still work Without formaldahyde?
I frequent a women’s beauty products site, and on the message boards there are always females hollering that use of Vaseline will kill you because of the petroleum. I’ve asked them if they’ve also sworn off using shampoo, detergent, toothpaste, deodorant, sunscreen, feminine hygiene products, dish soap, and everything made of plastic (these all contain petroleum).
I’ve never gotten a response.
There’s formaldahyde in baby shampoo? In what quantity? Is it a byproduct from a chemical reaction or side reaction during the manufacturing process? Or is it added on purpose for a reason? Or is it contamination in a feedstock due to sloppy quality control? Exactly how much formaldahyde is in a bottle of baby shampoo? I would like to see the numbers.
Information from the Chemical Institute of Canada:
No big deal but just as well to not have it in the products.
Too bad the media will make this a money-maker for these avaricious kook groups.
J&J, cheap suit, folded.
Soon they will be forced to take the wax out of Raid!/s
Thanks. Looks like a preservative. But with all the recalls J&J’s had, and an OTC plant in Pennsylvania being so dirty it’s been shut down for years, my ears go back at the mention of J&J.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704823004576192923011606158.html
Excellent! Those were the numbers I was looking for. Thanks again.
A formaldehyde releasing agent seems like a terrific preservative- continually releasing small amounts of formaldehyde- for a product that will sit long months in an environment like a bathroom.
I assume they’ve found an equally good preservative for close to the same price.
If not- and someone leaves the top off for a couple months and their baby gets meningitis or the plague- it’s going to be worse for J&J!
I use baby shampoo my old self, the cheapest brands. No need to pay for the cosmetic additives, dangerous or not.
So there is some trace of formaldehyde in a product that sits on somebody’s head for about a minute and is then rinsed off. So what? It could be arsenic and still do no particular harm. Or are people feeding shampoo to their babies now?
So there is some trace of formaldehyde in a product that sits on somebody’s head for about a minute and is then rinsed off. So what? It could be arsenic and still do no particular harm. Or are people feeding shampoo to their babies now?
Makes me wonder. Too many people fear things simply because they don’t understand them. If these same people were aware of the many toxic chemicals they ingest every day in the foods they eat, they’d have to quit eating altogether. Even so, we’re living longer and healthier lives than at any other time in our history. Go figure.
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