美国个人护理用品协会

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March 11, 2009

2009年3月11

Contact: Kathleen Dezio, 202/454-0302 or Lisa Powers, 202/466-0489

联系人: Kathleen Dezio, 202/454-0302 或Lisa Powers, 202/466-0489

消费者权益组织错误发布婴儿产品报告，涉及产品符合相关安全标准ACTIVIST GROUP ALLEGATIONS ABOUT BABY CARE PRODUCTS FALSE;

PRODUCTS MEET ESTABLISHED SAFETY STANDARDS WASHINGTON, DC--Allegations made today that commonly used baby products are somehow contaminated with harmful levels of carcinogenic chemicals are patently false and a shameful and cynical attempt by an activist group to incite and prey upon parental worries and concerns in order to push a political, legislative and legal agenda.

华盛顿–近日有关宣称常用婴幼儿产品受到有害致癌性化学物质污染的指控有着明显错

误。这是一个消费者权益组织利用不体面，且愤世嫉俗的方式，希望通过煽动和获取广大父母对此事的忧虑和关注，推动其在政治、立法和法律进程方面的企图。

The allegations about the presence of 1,4 dioxane and formaldehyde in personal care products were made in a report to be released March 12, 2009, by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (CSC). The levels of the two chemicals the group reportedly found are considered to be "trace" or extremely low, are well below established regulatory limits or safety thresholds, and are not a cause for health concern. When present, these chemicals would likely be found at very low levels precisely because companies have gone to great lengths in the formulation and manufacturing processes to ensure that the products are safe and gentle for children and also protected from harmful bacterial growth.

有关宣称个人护理产品中存在1,4 –二氧杂环己烷和甲醛成分的指控源于安全化妆品运动

组织（CSC）于2009年3月12日发布的一份报告。在报告中指出发现的两种化学物质，

事实上仅存有微量或相当低的含量，并远远低于有关法规的限度或所设安全阀值，且不会对健康造成影响。目前，由于相关公司在产品的研发及生产过程中投入了极大的努力,使这些可能被测出的化学品的含量处于极低的水平，并确保产品对儿童是安全和温和的，并同时满足使产品免受有害细菌的侵害。

"Contrary to their attempt to position this report as something new and scientifically noteworthy, there is nothing revelatory or scientifically objective in it," said Dr. John Bailey, chief scientist for the Personal Care Products Council. "The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR), an independent panel of scientific and medical experts who assess the safety of ingredients used in U.S. cosmetic and personal care products, and other authoritative bodies throughout the world have long been aware of the potential presence of 1,4 dioxane and formaldehyde in personal care products and found them to be safe when present at low levels."

“该组织希望将报告中所提出的情况作为新问题和值得科学关注的话题引起人们的注意，而事实与他们的企图相反，该报告没有任何具有启示性或科学客观的内容。”美国个人护理产品协会首席科学家约翰贝利（John Bailey）博士指出，“美国食品和药物管理局，美国化妆品成分评估小组（CIR，一个独立的科学和医学专家小组，专门评估美国化妆品和个人护理产品成分的安全性），以及其他世界各地的权威组织很早就已经知道个人护理产品可能存在1,4 –二氧杂环己烷和甲醛，并认为，当它们的含量存在于较低水平时，产品是安全的。”

The report is one of many the group has issued in the last several years attacking different preservatives and other chemicals used in personal care products and cosmetics, misrepresenting the science behind the products and their safety, and grossly distorting the facts about how the products are regulated in the U.S. and around the world. Although it is customary for authors of studies to include a detailed explanation of their methodology, such a discussion was absent from the CSC report. This is particularly important for formaldehyde because the process for accurately determining and measuring its presence is a highly complex procedure that must be correctly performed.

该报告是该组织在过去几年中发出的多个旨在攻击个人护理产品和化妆品中所含不同防腐剂和其他化学品的报告之一。这些报告对产品及其安全性背后的科学依据进行错误解读，粗暴地歪曲了在美国和世界各地如何对产品进行规范监管的事实。通常研究报告的作者们会在报告中详细描述他们研究的具体方法，但是在CSC报告中却完全没有相关的讨论。而这对于甲醛而言恰恰是十分重要的，因为准确鉴定和测量甲醛的含量是一个非常复杂的程序，必须通过正确的操作方法才能获得。

BABY PRODUCTS/ADD ONE

婴儿产品补充材料一

1,4 dioxane in personal care products

1,４－二氧杂环己烷在个人护理用品中的存在

1,4 dioxane is a byproduct that can form in trace or miniscule amounts during the manufacturing process for ingredients that help to ensure mildness of some personal care products such as shampoo and bubble bath. The presence of 1,4 dioxane can be controlled and minimized, and raw material manufacturers routinely take necessary steps to reduce its presence to the lowest feasible levels. The extremely low levels of 1,4 dioxane reported by CSC likely reflect efforts by manufacturers to control the levels of this contaminant through proper selection of raw materials and quality control of finished products.