@purascans: 🛑Scanned with the Pura App🛑 Independent testing has found 1,4-dioxane — a chemical New York State banned from personal care products in 2023 due to documented human carcinogen concerns — still present in multiple mainstream baby shampoos sold across the rest of the country. The chemical isn’t listed on the label because it isn’t technically an ingredient — it’s a manufacturing byproduct. 1,4-dioxane forms as a contaminant during the process used to make sulfate-based cleansers like sodium laureth sulfate and PEG-based ingredients — both of which are common in baby shampoos and washes because they produce cheap, high-foaming lather. Because it’s a byproduct rather than a deliberate ingredient, FDA labeling law does not require manufacturers to disclose it on the ingredient list. The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies 1,4-dioxane as Group 2B, possibly carcinogenic to humans, and the EPA classifies it as likely to be carcinogenic to humans. Infant skin absorbs it more readily than adult skin — thinner, more permeable, and with a larger surface-area-to-body-weight ratio — meaning a single wash delivers a proportionally higher dose. New York state law now caps 1,4-dioxane in personal care products at 2 parts per million as of January 2023. The rest of the US has no equivalent restriction. The label says “gentle.” The lab tests say Group 2B carcinogen. Scanned with the Pura App

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Monday 27 July 2026 23:21:18 GMT