Comments on: 5 Ingredients to Avoid in Your Kids’ Bath & Body Products

By: Shai Atwood Ford

Shai Atwood Ford — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 05:55:00 +0000

Love this! I never thought to check the kiddos bath products. One would just assume that companies would actually care about little baby skin – so sad we have to keep an eye out for such toxic nastiness in *children’s* products!

By: Alan Greene

Alan Greene — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:53:00 +0000

So glad you called attention to this! In the EU the steps they took started with a ban of parabens in products for babies under 6 months (3 years old in Denmark). http://sciencenordic.com/stricter-eu-rules-parabens

By: Jonathan Hunt

Jonathan Hunt — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:58:00 +0000

We found that making our own soap (usually natural meltable soap) is a great way to avoid these chemicals in the bath and have fun in the process.

By: Trisha Eldridge Gilkerson

Trisha Eldridge Gilkerson — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:52:00 +0000

Wow, thank you for outlining this. It is unfortunate that so many harmful ingredients all allowed in childrens products :(

By: Tracey Hanson

Tracey Hanson — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:45:00 +0000

Very informative! Thanks!

By: MightyCasey

MightyCasey — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:16:00 +0000

The first thing everyone needs to understand about product safety is that US regulations are almost meaningless. “Natural” and “organic” as label attributes do not mean that what’s inside is safe to eat or use, thanks to effective industry lobbying of the FDA (and every other federal oversight agency). Educating ourselves, learning how to research product claims and scientific studies, is a requirement if we want to prevent harming ourselves and our families with toxic junk. We’re up against powerful corporations – who, in our all-are-equal society are WAY more equal than the rest of us, thanks to the Supremes and their Citizens United decision – and we need to arm ourselves with knowledge, and vote with our wallets whenever we can by not buying toxicity.

By: Chrystal @ Happy Mothering

Chrystal @ Happy Mothering — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:32:00 +0000

They aren’t! And if I hadn’t started researching – while bored at work – when I was pregnant then I wouldn’t have become educated. It’s so easy to assume products are safe just because they’re allowed on the store shelf. Sadly that assumption just isn’t true.

By: Chrystal @ Happy Mothering

Chrystal @ Happy Mothering — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:31:00 +0000

Oh gosh! It’s sad that parabens are outlawed in the EU, but they’re still allowed in the US. I’m glad you realized was what was causing the allergic reaction!

By: Brittney Minor

Brittney Minor — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:28:00 +0000

Great post! It is crazy that these chemicals are accepted as ok ingredients for our kids. So many people are not even aware of what they put on their kids. I always encourage people to read ingredient labels and to use the EWG Cosmetic Database to find truly natural products.

By: Margaret Done

Margaret Done — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:41:00 +0000

I ended up learning more than I needed to about parabens when I used baby sunscreen on myself and ended up with a horrible allergic reaction. Allergy testing, steriods and a lot of time later we are a paraben free family….