Safe Baby Shampoo, what do you use?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We use Weleda shampoo.

Ingredients in this product are linked to:
Cancer
Developmental/reproductive toxicity
Violations, restrictions & warnings
Allergies/immunotoxicity
Other concerns for ingredients used in this product:
Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Multiple, additive exposure sources, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs), Enhanced skin absorption

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we are now worrying about BPA in #7 organic Gerber baby food containers/formula containers, toxins in pressed woods, jet fuel in water and formula, cancer causing ingredients in baby products (including but not limited to shampoo and sunscreen) that have been used for years and whether or not we use all organic fruits & veggies!!!!

Yet we put our kids in cabs with no car seats and let them wander the neighborhood!

I totally get your point and am not normally an alarmist, but now I'm really scared about Johnson's Baby Shampoo.

"Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you."

I get your point, but yes, some of these shampoos do contain ingredients that are either toxic or carcinogenic in certain amounts. It practically takes a chemist to understand what the true risk is, since one side says everything is fine and the other that the world is ending. I wish a real, down to earth chemist could put this in perspective of what really matters.

Until that time, I'm sticking with anything rated a 2 or under on the EWG site. Hello, California Baby!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Johnson's is fine. There are groups that want to put the fear of God in you about "toxins". The truth is, they too often react out of an emtional and not scientific perspective. Take a previous post that says shampoos contain formaldehyde. Yes, some do contain trace amounts. But you breathe in comparatively so much more that your shampoo is a minute fraction. And your body produces and eliminates formaldehyde every day of your life. So yes, formaldehyde can be bad for you in large quantities. But the tiny amount in shampoo does not matter to your health. The same goes for many of the other "toxins" out there.

Totally agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we are now worrying about BPA in #7 organic Gerber baby food containers/formula containers, toxins in pressed woods, jet fuel in water and formula, cancer causing ingredients in baby products (including but not limited to shampoo and sunscreen) that have been used for years and whether or not we use all organic fruits & veggies!!!!

Yet we put our kids in cabs with no car seats and let them wander the neighborhood!

I totally get your point and am not normally an alarmist, but now I'm really scared about Johnson's Baby Shampoo.

"Just because you are paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you."

I get your point, but yes, some of these shampoos do contain ingredients that are either toxic or carcinogenic in certain amounts. It practically takes a chemist to understand what the true risk is, since one side says everything is fine and the other that the world is ending. I wish a real, down to earth chemist could put this in perspective of what really matters.

Until that time, I'm sticking with anything rated a 2 or under on the EWG site. Hello, California Baby!

Yeah, but according to their system, I don't think sunlight would score a 2.

[Anonymous]

Also, keep in mind that natural items are not necessarily good for you: many of the baby products out there use soy and nut oils. I'm just as worried about that exposure as some of the other chemicals. So, unless you never want to shampoo the baby, just do your best to limit chemicals, but it's impossible to get down to zero.

[Anonymous]

I think it's better to be safe than sorry. After all, the Romans didn't think anything of all the lead water pipes they were using...they just didn't know that they were slowly poisoning themselves and their kids. I sometimes feel like we're doing the same thing with all the plastic/chemically stuff out there. After all, there wasn't so much plastic/chemical-filled stuff when our grandparents were raising our own parents. It's just the generations since (basically us and onward) who have been exposed. God knows how much cancer we'll be getting later in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's better to be safe than sorry. After all, the Romans didn't think anything of all the lead water pipes they were using...they just didn't know that they were slowly poisoning themselves and their kids. I sometimes feel like we're doing the same thing with all the plastic/chemically stuff out there. After all, there wasn't so much plastic/chemical-filled stuff when our grandparents were raising our own parents. It's just the generations since (basically us and onward) who have been exposed. God knows how much cancer we'll be getting later in life.

Right but how on earth do you know which chemicals to avoid? Not all chemicals cause cancer in all people, some people have no problems at all with these "toxins". How do you decide which chemicals to avoid and which are the specific ones that will cause harm to your child? You have no way of knowing.

[Anonymous]

Just b/c it's a trace amount and just b/c it's not proven to cause "problems" does NOT mean it's safe. It just means it's not regulated. But that's exactly what the manufacturers want you to think. These things build up in our system over time. Why does everyone know someone who has or has had cancer???? Was it as prevalent 200 years ago? The answer is no.

[Anonymous]

We use California Baby on DC. A rating of 1 is still considered "low hazard" on the EWG website. I also used "low hazard" shampoo while I was pregnant. My hair looked like crap, but whatever. My previous shampoo had a rating of 9 (high hazard). I didn't feel my hair was worth the risk.

[Anonymous]

Mustela.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just b/c it's a trace amount and just b/c it's not proven to cause "problems" does NOT mean it's safe. It just means it's not regulated. But that's exactly what the manufacturers want you to think. These things build up in our system over time. Why does everyone know someone who has or has had cancer???? Was it as prevalent 200 years ago? The answer is no.

200 years ago, people had a life expectancy of 40. So, I think we're still ahead of the game, parabens notwithstanding. I'm going to spend my time trying to protect my kids from what we KNOW are preventable causes of death--i.e., smoking and obesity--and not worry too much about their shampoo. Not that it hurts to use California Baby, but that stuff is expensive!

[Anonymous]

I'm a doctoral level cancer researcher. We use Johnsons.

[Anonymous]

I use California Baby

[Anonymous]

we use california baby and earth mama angel.

[Anonymous]

We use Lafe's Organic, which is not on the list, but you can also look up individual ingredients on that website. It basically just has saponified vegetable oils. Got it from Target.