The hospital where I delivered my children, sent me home with a goody bag containing lots of baby products. Come to find one of the products in that hospital bag that we ended up buying again was Johnson’s Head-to-Toe Baby Wash. This popular baby wash was tested to contain 1,4 Dioxane (I guess I didn't specify the non-toxic bag...).
What about 1,4-Dioxane?
-It's is a petroleum-derived contaminant.
-It's considered a probable human carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
-It's considered a clear-cut animal carcinogen by the National Toxicology Program.
-It's on California’s Proposition 65 list of chemicals known or suspected by the state to cause cancer or birth defects.
- YOU WONT FIND IT ON ANY INGREDIENT LIST because it's used in manufacturing and companies are not required to list it. That's the misleading part.
The FDA has been testing for it since 1979 but have little authority over "cosmetic" products and companies.
So it's up to me and you to stay informed for our family's health. There is a great online database called Skin Deep to look up ingredients and get a toxicity report.
I checked the rating for the California Baby Overtired & Cranky bath product we use. It has a 0-2 risk factor and I did a cross reference search for products containing 1,4 Dioxane and didn't find any Calfornia Baby products with it - but I did find 1000's of products with it. According to the Skin Deep database, all of the California Baby products show up in the (0-2) lowest risk factor group - RELIEF! California Baby products can be found at Whole Foods and now your local Target stores.
So before you pour those "natural and gentle" bath products on and around your child, read the label!
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