In fear of getting left behind, Walmart — the world’s
largest retailer — followed in Procter & Gamble’s footsteps last week in
deciding to require full disclosure of chemicals used by companies selling
cosmetics and cleaning products. Ironically, that list is undisclosed, but if
it’s anything like the one produced by Procter & Gamble recently to rid the
industry of long-used, harmless chemicals like phthalates, triclosan, parabens
and formaldehyde (and we are most certain it is), it’s yet another unnecessary
attack produced by none other than environmental and ‘consumer safety’ groups
plagued by their own agendas. You can read more of ACSH’s Dr. Josh Bloom’s
thoughts on P&G’s move here…….. Rather than fight the ill-informed
science, companies like P&G, Walmart, Campbell’s and Johnson & Johnson
have chosen to cave in to these groups who specialize in bad science and
misinformation, rather than fight them.
Dr. Bloom comments, “This is the ‘scientific’ equivalent
of three card monte: no one can ever win; remove one chemical just to shut
these guys up and they’ll be coming for another one next year, or more likely
next week.”….To Read More….
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