China tests J&J baby shampoo for unsafe chemicals (Johnson & Johnson)

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

SHANGHAI (AP) — Shanghai's food and drug safety agency says it is testing Johnson & Johnson baby products following allegations they contain potential carcinogens.

An official at the Shanghai Food & Drug Safety Administration confirmed the agency was conducting tests but said he could not comment further because no results were available yet. Like many Chinese officials, he refused to give his name.

Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo and other products were among dozens from different manufacturers listed in a report issued March 12 by the U.S.-based health and environmental activist group Campaign for Safe Cosmetics as containing formaldehyde or 1,4-dioxane.

Johnson & Johnson issued a statement reassuring customers and accusing the report of unnecessarily alarming parents.



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