Holy cow, what a headline!
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/11/16/business/AP-US-JJ-Chemical-Protest.html
Do you use any Johnson & Johnson products?
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I can't believe they still have those toxins in J&J products in teh US when they don't have them in the same products in Europe! Awful.
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@plantains: yea... they've actually been saying they were "re-formulating" for quite awhile now.
I didn't realize that Aveeno Baby was J&J and that's really disheartening b/c I always used it b/c it was more "natural" with oatmeal..... I think though that it's just the Oatmeal bath product that had the "bad" ingredients though.
As for the other J&J baby products... I never liked them so we didn't use them.
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we use burt's bees and love their products!
i'd totally recommend them to any bees on here looking to switch
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We use Earth Mama Angel Baby products and love them. I recommend them as often as I can.
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We do have J&J products at home.. but we usually wash our baby with just water. She's only 7 months and doesn't get very dirty.
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like @pelikila we also use EMAB products. I have yet to use one we didnt immediately love.
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I switched to Yes to Carrot products. J&J irritated our baby's skin.
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@chopsuey119: What about ze poopie.
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@mrbee: zee poopsies are wiped clean w/ babyganics wipes!
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I was telling people at work about the toxins in J&J products, because we use them exclusively in the hospital (we get them for free from J&J). Everyone was pretty shocked, but since we are stuck with them (unless parents bring in their own) I am glad that they are starting to do something about it.
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Wow I'm actually pretty surprised and didn't realize that about Aveeno, we mostly just use their products. I'm glad to hear there are changes in the works!
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I had no idea! We use Penaten, which is a German J&J company. We use Nivea Baby Shampoo though.
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We use California Baby Super Sensitive Shampoo. My LO has very sensitive skin, and it helps with his eczema. My hospital also uses J&J. I never thought to pack baby shampoo with me. I'll be better prepared next time.
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@runsyellowlites: I had no idea about Aveeno. I picked it because I didn't think it was J&J. Crap.
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I just realized that we use the J&J baby oil. The ingredients just say mineral oil and water. Does anyone know if the baby oil also contains toxins?
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We used them because we got a truck load at our baby shower. But Health Canada are pretty intense with stuff like this, so I assumed (yes bad) that we had what Europe had. I'm actually surprised that it sold here. hmm
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@themcmom: Me too! I dumped all the J&J products and got more Aveeno. Looks like I am heading back to the store tonight.
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@Pipers Mommy: I have to do the same thing, which is really upsetting because cash is really tight for us. I guess I should've checked the back of the bottle first.
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Wow... At least I have plenty of time to find an alternative before #2 gets here!
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Wow. I can't believe that story! Thanks for the warning...
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I highly suggest Dr Bronner's soap. It is Castille soap which is organic plant based and has one of the best ratings on the Cosmetics Database...which for everyone's reference is: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
It is an excellent resource where you can look up the chemical makings of most cosmetic products that are sold in the US.
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I went to the store today and purchased Live Clean Baby a natural Canadian baby product line and has been getting some great reviews.
They recently started to sell them at Walgreens and are often on sale. I tried the cream on my arm and dang it smells good and my arm is still super soft. If you sign up to their newsletter they send you a 1$ coupon.
Anyone else use it?
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Anyone heard updates on this for the products in US?
@blushink: I've seen this at Walgreens! I'll give it a smell next time I'm there!
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Just baby shampoo... but I think I will be looking around now
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