Closet Full Of Shoes And Nowhere To Go: Dangerous Chemicals in Baby Products

If you are like me I am always concerned what is going into my children not only through their food but also through their skin. I am just starting to be more conscious about what I am putting on my own skin, but for my boys I have always been more careful. Chemicals on their young bodies while they are developing physically and mentally can be dangerous, even cancer causing. There is much hype of sunscreen but even some body washes are just as bad. Consider that there is no safety testing on most cosmetics in fact "Nearly 90 percent of the 10,500 ingredients FDA has determined are used in personal care products have not been evaluated for safety by the CIR, the FDA, or any other publicly accountable institution."

I frequently check on a website called EWG's Skin Deep Cosmetics Database. They have a list of thousands of products that are both safe and unsafe. Everything is rated on a scale of 1 through 10. One being the safest and 10 being the worst. You can search by product type or company name. Below I have posted some of the surprising products I found on the site. (I posted the graph but the actual website also shows what is dangerous about it, reproductive endangering chemicals, neotoxitiy, etc.)

Aveeno Continuous Protection Active Sunblock SPF 70 - Rating 10