Johnson & Johnson Removing Many Toxins from Its Products

. . .  but is their commitment to safety more than skin deep? Bodycare products are a significant source of toxins in modern life. Many people will use as many as 8 different bodycare products in the course of a normal day, each one laden with several toxins which penetrate our tissues and readily enter the bloodstream. Since the industry is essentially unregulated, toxins like formaldehyde and 1,4 dioxane can be unlisted on product labels because they’re not technically considered ingredients. While unwilling to say that ingredients they’ve been using in their personal care and baby care products are unsafe, Johnson & Johnson is yielding to consumer discomfort with ingredients like phthalates, triclosan, parabens, 1,4 dioxane, fragrances and formaldehyde with a mix of empathetic public relations (“we hear your concerns”) and changes in product formulations But are they truly committed to safety, or merely engaged in placating the public? Their new website, www.safetyandcarecommitment.com, which attempts to position them as industry leaders in safe bodycare products, conveys a mixed message. They are clearly attempting to respond to an increasingly sophisticated consuming public. Mothers are particularly well-informed and concerned about the products they use on their babies, and Johnson & Johnson will be removing almost all the above ingredients from their baby care products.  However in adult products, they will phase out some parabens, while keeping others; they will not use formaldehyde as a preservative, but they will use some preservatives that are formaldehyde-releasing; they will eliminate some but not all petroleum-based fragrances; and so forth. What makes Beyond Health different from companies like Johnson & Johnson is that we make health our #1 priority, and we refuse to compromise on that goal. Other companies follow the crowd and try to please the crowd while producing their products at the lowest possible cost. We have a very different mentality. Beyond Health has never, and will never, carry any bodycare products containing toxic ingredients, period.  Beyond being safe, our products must also be effective and a good value for the money. I think we have a great line-up of bodycare products, and we’re always looking for more.  Check them out!