Activists call for boycott Johnson & Johnson over chemicals in shampoo

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   Stacie Lposted 13 years ago

   Activists call for boycott of Johnson & Johnson over chemicals in baby shampoo
   Campaigners have tried for more than two years to get Johnson & Johnson to remove the trace amounts of potentially cancer-causing substances
   
   
   The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has unsuccessfully been urging the world's largest health care company for 2 1/2 years to remove the trace amounts of potentially cancer-causing chemicals — dioxane and a substance called quaternium-15 that releases formaldehyde — from Johnson's Baby Shampoo, one of its signature products.
   
   
   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45111139/ns … rAWrnIg8is
   well I use baby shampoo and now I may throw it out...

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      Wesman Todd Shawposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for the information!  I had no idea!

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      kerrygposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I hope they succeed!
      
      Here's the link to their site, by the way: http://safecosmetics.org/
      
      I also recommend this site as a good resource to figure out what kinds of nasty stuff you've been slathering all over your skin: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/

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      Daniella Lopezposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I heard this on the news this morning...
      I hope they succeed! This is definitely not something I want to be using on my son.

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      Evan G Rogersposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      "potentially cancer causing agents"
      
      LOLOLOL

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         kerrygposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Cancer sure is hilarious all right.
         
         WTF, dude?

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            habeeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            For real. It's not too funny when you or a loved one has it.

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   couturepopcafeposted 13 years ago

   It's about damn time but why single out Johnson and Johnson?

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   psycheskinnerposted 13 years ago

   Indeed. If you are going to drop them and use something else. make sure it actually has less of these chemicals first.

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      couturepopcafeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Vey few and far between, products without chemicals.  Check out Aubrey Organics, Terressentials, Jason Naturals for non-toxic skin and body care.  Also:  Uncle Harry's, Eco-Dent, Sustainable Community Development, Seventh Generation, Earth Friendly Products, Lehman's Grain Mill, Kiss My Face, Suki's Naturals, and Miracle Distributors.

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   HattieMattieMaeposted 13 years ago

   Yay Mary Kay never tells you there is formeldahyde in their make up, learned that the hard way. Went to a dermatologist and found this out! Most stuff we use on the market does have harmful stuff in it!

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   rebekahELLEposted 13 years ago

   I have this video on one of my hubs about toxins in the home.
   There are so many dangerous chemicals in everything, everywhere. Why put them in baby products?
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCiG1WxB … r_embedded
   
   another one, a few years old.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7qe4zfh … re=related

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