For that matter you may want to dump ALL baby products - hell, all your regular shampoos, lotions, mousses, shaving creams, everything- manufactured by the big corporations. It is time to go back to good old fashioned lye and soap. WaPo today:
The chemicals, which the Environmental Protection Agency has characterized as probable carcinogens, are not intentionally added to the products and are not listed among ingredients on labels. Instead, they appear to be byproducts of the manufacturing process. Formaldehyde is created when other chemicals in the product break down over time, while 1,4-dioxane is formed when foaming agents are combined with ethylene oxide or similar petrochemicals.
The organization tested 48 baby bath products such as bubble bath and shampoo. Of those, 32 contained trace amounts of 1,4-dioxane and 23 contained small amounts of formaldehyde. Seventeen tested positive for both chemicals.
So this could actually happen while it sits on the store shelves!
Some of the biggest names on the market, including Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo and Baby Magic lotion, tested positive for 1,4-dioxane or formaldehyde, or both, the nonprofit Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reported.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) called the findings "horrifying" and said she intends to introduce legislation that would require stronger oversight of the cosmetics industry.
That's great but hopefully we can get some REAL politicians involved in this. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois is also quoted in the article. This is another very real example of how the Bushies' blind eye to regulation has put us on the fast track of becoming a third-world nation.
The time to act is yesterday. Meanwhile there is a toxic stew sitting in your bathroom and I am not referring to the triple-chili cheeseburger you forgot to flush last night.