My neighbor mentioned today that she's started to buy soaps and lotions that don't have any potentially toxic or carcinogenic ingredients. This prompted me to read an article I had set aside on the same subject, and let's just say we did NOT use our normal baby wash in tonight's bath. I found a great website with a mega data base of all sorts of personal care products and their ingredients,
Skin Deep, (from the Environmental Working Group) that informed me the
baby wash I use every day on big bear has ingredients linked to:
- Cancer
- Developmental/reproductive toxicity
- Violations, Restrictions & Warnings
- Allergies/Immunotoxicity
- Contamination concerns
Great. I also found out from the
FDA's website that"
Cosmetic products and ingredients are not subject to FDA premarket approval authority, with the exception of color additives." and that "
Cosmetic firms are responsible for substantiating the safety of their products and ingredients before marketing." Well of course. Everyone knows that the best policing of industry is done by industry itself. (No one else regulates cosmetics, either.)
After reading the ingredients list of my 'hair & body baby wash' I happened to notice the manufacturer's own safety tip:
Keep this product out of the reach of children.
I think I might actually follow through with that one.
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