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View From the Bottom
E Magazine, March/April 2000
Author: Jennifer Bogo
Student Researcher: Melanie Burton
Lead in baby powder can have serious health affects. The federal government
has identified lead as the foremost environmental health threat to American
children, yet infants are being exposed to lead in 10 brands of medicated
baby powders on the market today.
Testing conducted by San Francisco's Center for Environmental Health (CEH)
revealed that medicated powders under the brand names Ammens, Caldesene,
Desitin, Dr. Scholl's, Gold Bond, Johnson & Johnson, Longs, Mexsana, and
Walgreens contain trace amounts of lead (up to three parts per million).
The CEH has filed suit against the manufacturers of the powders
and several retail distributors for silently exposing consumers, especially
children, to lead. The CEH claims that the companies are in violation of
California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, which
identifies chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive
harm. Lead is listed for both.
The CEH found that all of the brands with detectable levels of lead
contained the active ingredient zinc oxide, which is added to treat rashes
and minor skin irritations. Dr. Janet Phoenix of the National Lead
Information Center warns that "putting a product with lead on a child, even
if it is not absorbed through the skin, may still result in ingestion or
inhaling powder that's been dispersed through the air."
Phoenix says that although the levels of lead are low, all sources of lead
exposure are cause for concern because the damage incurred is largely
irreversible. When lead enters the body, it distributes to vital organs
like the brain and kidney and settles in the bones. The effects range from
reduced attentions and lowered intelligence to learning disabilities,
impaired growth, and hearing loss.
Don Ryan, executive director of the Alliance to End Childhood Lead
Poisoning says that there is no excuse for the use of lead in consumer
products.
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