Baby wipes招回，大家小心

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A leading supermarket chain has pulled several brands of baby wipes from shelves after revelations they contain a restricted preservative that may pose a health risk.

Progressive Enterprises - which includes the Countdown, Woolworths and Foodtown supermarkets - said yesterday that it was withdrawing baby wipes containing the chemical iodopropynyl butylcarbamate (IPBC) and offering a refund.

The Herald purchased, from a Countdown store, two brands of baby wipes containing the preservative - Woolworths Homebrand and Select Scented Baby Wipes - and one for toddlers, Precious Flushable Wipes.

Author Wendyl Nissen has raised concerns about IPBC - and other chemicals in baby cosmetic and bathing products - in her latest book, Mother's Little Helper.

Nissen, the Weekend Herald what's-in-our-food columnist, said IPBC was acutely toxic by inhalation and should not be used in products that could be inhaled.

"The chances of a baby inhaling this ingredient on a baby wipe are slim if the wipes are just used for the bottom area, but how many of us have grabbed a wipe to clean up a runny nose?"

The Health Ministry said last night that baby wipes containing IPBC "may pose a public health risk because of their potential sensitising and allergenic effects".

"In 2001, Danish researchers found that the use of IPBC in cosmetic products 'can lead to contact sensitisation and allergic contact dermatitis'. Results of patch-test studies ... in 2003 also showed that IPBC is considered to be a proven contact allergen."

The ministry praised the voluntary withdrawal of the wipes and said health protection officers would check to see if affected products were being sold elsewhere. The Foodstuffs Auckland supermarket group, which includes New World and Pak'nSave, said it had begun an investigation into the "potential breach" by Precious and another brand. It would withdraw products found in breach and offer a refund.

Both supermarket groups sell wipes that do not contain IPBC.

The chemical was originally used as a paint and wood preservative, then more recently in cosmetics.

Cosmetics standards administered by the Environmental Protection Authority set maximum levels for its use in deodorants and some cosmetics, including young children's bath products, shower gels and shampoos.

But it is banned from other cosmetic products for children under 3, and from any-age oral hygiene and lip products, body lotions and creams.

Nissen applauded the withdrawal of the wipes, but lamented the fact that the industry and regulators had not detected the breach of standards. "As consumers we have no one to trust except ourselves and our own ability to read labels and interpret them."

THE CHEMICAL
* Iodopropynyl butylcarbamate.
* A preservative.
* Originally used in paint and wood.
* Now also in some cosmetics but banned from baby wipes.
* Linked to allergic skin conditions.

ann!nio

還好這三個都沒用過...........

ahbau

这么恐怖，我之前跟风买过select的。。。

wsha033

还好 没有用过这些

猫猫女巫

晕死，之前用过一包precious的，家里还有三包这个牌子的，也没有留收据。
还好只有三包

qeptaai721521

那天差一点买了那个大包的wipes，还好没有买！{:8_398:}

花深无语

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seyang

还好没用过～～

小咪

我最近发现一个 BABY WIPES 很好用。。。。可是好贵 8刀一包 一包80张 又薄又好“刮屎”

是在BABY CITY买 GAIA牌子是 绿色的 是什么竹子做的 什么的。。。一堆名堂咱也不懂 就觉得好用 味道 淡而清爽

drifter-jiajia

谢谢LZ
DDDDDDDDDDDDD

绿痕

还好。没有用过这几个

MININO

不用的飘过

MININO

用水洗更赶紧舒服

lulu_tj

哎呀 家里还有S牌得呢
能去超市退么？没有小票了啊

蓝蓝的海

我发现SILK CURASH这两个也都有哇,妈妈们发现的都记的写下来啊,都要小心,还是用清水最健康了

TT333

还好没用过。。。

nzmiao

从来不用。用清水最安全。

猫猫女巫

家里的baby wipe用完我就自制来用得了。
这年头还是用diy的安全，还省

watermelone11

我只用过huggies

conniexlzeng

只用huggies的，不过我们都会把wipe在水里洗洗再拿起来用，呵呵。

LEMO

谢谢ＬＺ　分享阿～～太可怕了
｀｀

641165460

有用precious紫色的80抽的好好用。
40抽的可以丢厕所冲掉没有用过

醋儿

宝宝东西也要注意啊，汗，我还没备货呢

fish@loo

还好从来没有给儿子用过这三款

乖乖等你

没买过这几种的

林林总总的自由

看来该 改用布了 。。。

CK521

晕死。。。还好经常用水洗。。。虽然其他牌子没查到问题，但还是少用为妙

阿九九

用过两包s的。。哎呀。。我还把它放在我huggies的盒子里用，赶快我要去把那个盒子洗一洗消消毒

我儿子之前就得过dermatitis。。。这些人真可恶。。新西兰东西也不安全了。。。