The Journal of Pediatrics has published a study which may prove alarming to parents. It reveals that babies are being exposed to various chemicals which enter their bodies through their skin. The source of the chemicals was traced to baby products such as shampoos, lotions and powder. These chemicals the study claims, can alter the hormonal balance of infants and may lead to various reproductive abnormalities.

The urine of 163 infants aged 2 months to 28 months was tested and 80 percent of them tested positive for more than seven types of phthalates. It was also reported that babies whose parents did not use baby products had four times less phthalates in their urine than these whose parents reported using them.

The validity of the findings is being questioned by the cosmetics industry. Representatives of the group said that only one phthalate is used in products made for babies and in such low concentration that it wouldn’t produce the results found in the study.

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