Johnson and Johnson accused over toxins
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China.org.cn, November 4, 2011
An American cosmetics organization has revealed that the Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo on sale in a number of countries still contains carcinogens, despite the fact that the product was found to contain toxic substances several years ago, the Beijing News reported.
![An American cosmetics organization has revealed that the Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo on sale in a number of countries still contains carcinogens, despite the fact that the product was found to contain toxic substances several years ago. [File photo]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20111104/001fd04cf03a101ddf8101.jpg "An American cosmetics organization has revealed that the Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo on sale in a number of countries still contains carcinogens, despite the fact that the product was found to contain toxic substances several years ago. [File photo]") |
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An American cosmetics organization has revealed that the Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo on sale in a number of countries still contains carcinogens, despite the fact that the product was found to contain toxic substances several years ago. [File photo] |
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Coalition came out with the news two years ago that Johnson and Johnson's iconic baby shampoo contained carcinogens, including the formaldehyde-releasing preservative quaternium-15, as well as the chemical byproduct 1, 4-dioxane.
The organization recently discovered that a modified formula of the product is only sold in Britain, Denmark, Japan and 5 other countries, while the toxic product is still sold in China, the United States, Canada, Indonesia and Australia.
The spokesman of the coalition described it as "clearly a double standard."
Johnson and Johnson China responded in a statement saying that all products are within safe limits, and meet local supervision standards in all markets in which they are sold.
