<![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> Pthalates are also found in cheap sex toys, especially the "jelly" types. Silicone is worth the money.

pestie

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> @womblebug: I think you're confusing pthalate with Bisphenol A. Pthalates are mostly found in shampoos and lotions. As another poster mentioned, it isn't really in the product itself, but seems to leech from their packaging. Pthalates are used to make plastic softer and more flexible. Bisphenol A is the ingredient found in hard plastic baby bottles and Nalgene bottles, etc. We know bisphenol is bad, is mucks around with our hormones, particularly estrogen, we're just not sure whether the amount that leeches from the bottles is dangerous. This new study suggests that pthalates are more readily absorbed into the bodies of infants than we thought, and may also be mucking around with our hormones. Quoth The Graduate "Plastics, There's a Great Future in plastics."

lockdog

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> Just went to Wikipedia to read the article on Phthalates: [en.wikipedia.org] That's just terrifying.

stacye

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> @youbastid: Aw, come on, some people just need to feel clever by repeating other people's jokes sometimes.

CumaeanSibyl

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> And also, if I washed my kid with nothing but plain water, she'd be a stinky greasy little thing. Try washing your hair with plain water for a week and see what you get. Yech.

Womblebug

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> @reznicek111: My understanding is that phthalates are not an ingredient in the product itself, but a chemical used in the manufacturing of the plastic containers. There has been discussion about phthalates leaching into milk/formula from baby bottles as well. Unless you buy it in a glass bottle, I don't see how buying organics etc. will prevent this.

That being said, if humans were this incredibly fragile, we'd have died out years ago. Avoid what you can, but don't constantly freak out. Stress kills, too.

Womblebug

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> Why aren't phthalates listed as ingredients? The lists on product packaging sometimes contain dozens of items. Anyone know if there a specific reason this category of chemicals isn't included (i.e., the FDA doesn't mandate it)?

reznicek111

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> Johnson and Johnson phased these out of their products for the European market years ago. The FDA enforces no such regulation here, so...what's the word, J&J? Are you still poisoning your North American customers to save 1 or 2 cents per bottle? I want some good news here...

yagisencho

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> @youbastid: Jokes! Youbastid, DHM could kill you in myriad ways. No joking matter.

Xerloq

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> "Phthalates" looks difficult to pronounce without spitting all over the monitor.

Shadowman615

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> @pibbsman0: @Git Em SteveDave: Do we really need the exact same dihydrogen monoxide jokes every single time there's an article about chemicals?

youbastid

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> @Beerad: "Clean fresh air"? Never heard of it.

emona

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> @EmperorOfCanada: I'm with you on that and how did they test that?!?!?

on a serious note, did they actually find that this is not something that turns up in organic stuff as well? if so, there are tons of organic soaps and lotions out there. Affording them is another story.

Lo-Pan

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> @Git Em SteveDave: I heard that Dihydrogen monoxide has been found in virtually every river, lake and stream in the US. What can we do to stop it?

ptkdude

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> pretty sad that there is no such thin as natural anymore.

shadow735

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> "Phthalates are thought to cause reproductive problems in children, especially males"

It is my opinion that baby males shouldn't be reproducing anyways. Shame on them, they arent responsible enough to reproduce for at least another 15 years..

EmperorOfCanada

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> Dihydrogen Monoxide!?! We should setup a petition to ban it!

/P&T Rock.

pibbsman0

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> Plain Water? That has Dihydrogen Monoxide in it. Even a half cup full can be fatal to a baby.

Git Em SteveDave has a new Lego set

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> @shadow735: Possibly, but given a choice between having my baby breath "clean fresh air" and "new odor-enhanced chemo-air" I'm sticking with the former.

Beerad

]]> <![CDATA[Chemicals In Baby Products May Be Dangerous]]> breathing the air is harmful to babies too.

shadow735

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