Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Meyer's Baby Products contain Forbidden Five & other toxic chemicals

Meyer's has recently launched a new product line called Mrs. Meyer's Baby Clean and Dry. This is deceptive labeling and marketing at its finest. The product branding has all the trappings: attractive packaging, great key words like "organic essential oils" and 'dermatologist tested' (which we all know means practically nothing).

The Baby Blossom Lotion, states "Our Hand Lotion contains Aloe Vera Gel, Olive Oil and a unique blend of organic essential oils that hep make it naturally gentle and softening." Naturally gentle? I don't think so. This product not only contains one of the Forbidden Five, but several synthetic and toxic ingredients (see below). Compare for yourself in Pure Alternative's Ingredient's Glossary.

Deionized Water• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride• C12-C15 Alkyl Benzoate• Hydrogenated Polyisobutene• Glyceryl Stearate• Olive (Olea Europaea) Oil• Cetearyl Alcohol• Glycerin• Ceteareth-20• Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice• Dimethicone• Soybean (Glycine Soja) Oil• Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) Oil• Orange (Citrus Auratium Dulcis) Oil• Geranium (Geranium Maculatum) Oil• Fragrance*• Polyacrylamide• Myristyl Myristate• C13-14 Isoparaffin• Cetyl Alcohol• Laureth-7• Propylene Glycol• Diazolidinyl Urea• Methylparaben• Propylparaben