Controversy regarding Johnson's baby shampoo!

[mohitk]

http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/familyhealth/children%27shealth/article/1079637--johnson-johnson-under-fire-to-pull-toxic-baby-shampoo


An international coalition of health and environmental groups is warning Canadians that Johnson’s Baby Shampoo contains dangerous, potentially carcinogenic chemicals. But Johnson & Johnson Canada claims its flagship product complies with Health Canada regulations.

This is scary considering even hospitals use the same product!

[pipolchap]

This has been known for awhile. Its up to parents to do their due diligence.

We're using Burt's bees.

[Alexis10]

Yep. The controversy surrounding their products has been going on for quite a while now. We plan on using Earth Mama Angel Baby products. Even the higher end J&J products like Aveeno are coming under fire for questionable ingredients.

We check all of our products at http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ before purchasing to make sure there's no big issues.

[alkaseltzer01]

The chemical they're concerned with are also found in many other products in your house so don't just limit the shampoo baby products.

[vistaliving]

The chemical they're concerned with are also found in many other products in your house so don't just limit the shampoo baby products.

Yah, I saw Tide on the list of products to avoid.

[junkyardbottles]

It amazes and saddens me how much crap baby stuff contains. I never understood why baby shampoos need to be pink. Why do I need coloring? And fragrance? People have so many allergies to this crap, why expose a newborn to it?

I avoid all J&J products. For laundry and cleaning, we use Seventh Generation products (use their diapers too). For soap, we use a hand-made, unscented soap bar. For lotion...., umm, I just rub olive oil over their skin.

And that's it.

[baz5]

Seems pretty much all products you get from the store are hazardous. The only way is to order online some organic products. Quite expensive, almost 3x the price!

[zeddy]

Check out the book "There is Lead in Your Lipstick". Very informative and gives a list of safe products for your baby and yourself.

[SeeYouNextTime]

whoa, I used that stuff when I was a kid and I have a bottle of that for my 6 y/o. It felt different from when I used it when I was a kid though. I've been using pretty much anything and everything for my 6 y/o right now. I guess I should be more diligent. I normally use Dove soap and whatever shampoo.

Now, does J and J baby shampoo also fall in this danger category as well?

[gsdye]

It amazes and saddens me how much crap baby stuff contains. I never understood why baby shampoos need to be pink. Why do I need coloring? And fragrance? People have so many allergies to this crap, why expose a newborn to it?

I avoid all J&J products. For laundry and cleaning, we use Seventh Generation products (use their diapers too). For soap, we use a hand-made, unscented soap bar. For lotion...., umm, I just rub olive oil over their skin.

And that's it.

after the CBC Marketplace report lambasting, Seventh Generation for colouring their diapers brown to match their marketing and chlorine free stance, they went to full disclosure on why they used pigments in their diapers. Using a pigment in a diaper seems counter productive being a "green" product. Their explanation is as follows

http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2011/lousylabels/responses.html#seventhgeneration

http://www.seventhgeneration.com/products/about/role-pigment-diapers

[alkaseltzer01]

after the CBC Marketplace report lambasting, Seventh Generation for colouring their diapers brown to match their marketing and chlorine free stance, they went to full disclosure on why they used pigments in their diapers. Using a pigment in a diaper seems counter productive being a "green" product. Their explanation is as follows

http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2011/lousylabels/responses.html#seventhgeneration

http://www.seventhgeneration.com/products/about/role-pigment-diapers

It's amazing what marketing can do and how people truly believe in what they buy.

[wirebound]

We switched to Live Clean products for shampoo and soaps for the kids and myself about a year ago ... sulfate free. I *think* I trust it!

[baz5]

I just ordered a bunch of stuff from iherb, it's free shipping if over like $40 and under 4lbs. So I made four separate orders.

[YourBuddy]

Johnson's has a different version of the baby shampoo that is all natural. I think it cost around 50% more.

[Alexis10]

Johnson's has a different version of the baby shampoo that is all natural. I think it cost around 50% more.

I believe you're talking about the line of Johnson's Naturals? If so, it's still not 100% natural, like the marketing and bottling would like you to believe. Here's a link to it on the cosmetic database: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/product/411945/Johnson%27s_Natural_Nourishing_Baby_Shampoo/

It's much lower on the scale, but still worries me after all the bad publicity that J&J has been receiving.

[frustrated inc.]

Certainly have to be savvy when reading labels and really evaluate the choice of words on packaging. It's like this with everything you buy.

I notice a lot of bread makes the claim to be made with Whole Grain Flour. Read the ingredients carefully, you'll find 'made with' doesn't mean 'made exclusively with". Just like something that "contains natural ingredients" doesn't mean "contains 100% natural ingredients".

[dayna]

My kid and I'm sure many newborns out there are bathe with J&J products before they leave the hospital. So if you do not want the hospital to use J&J products, be sure to bring your own products.