{"id":576,"date":"2013-09-19T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T20:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feelintegrated.com\/resources\/?p=576"},"modified":"2016-11-10T19:48:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T00:48:42","slug":"lawsuit-launched-as-testing-finds-cancer-causing-chemical-in-nearly-100-hair-care-and-personal-care-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelintegrated.com\/resources\/2013\/09\/lawsuit-launched-as-testing-finds-cancer-causing-chemical-in-nearly-100-hair-care-and-personal-care-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit Launched as Testing Finds Cancer-Causing Chemical in Nearly 100 Hair Care and Personal Care Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The CEH (Center for Environmental Health in CA) filed a lawsuit in California against four companies that sell products containing DEA, and the nonprofit has sent legal notices to more than 100 other companies that produce and\/or sell cocamide DEA-tainted products<\/a> that their products violate California state law.\u00a0 Cocamide diethanolamine (cocamide DEA), a chemically-modified form of coconut oil used as a thickener or foaming agent in many products, was listed by California as a known carcinogen last year. Products tested with high levels of cocamide DEA include shampoos made by Colgate Palmolive, Colomer, Paul Mitchell,\u00a0and many others. In addition, products marketed for children and a product falsely labeled as organic were found with the chemical.<\/p>\n

In addition to many brand name shampoos and personal care products (see the full list<\/a>), the CEH testing found cocamide DEA in store-brand products purchased at Walmart, Trader Joe\u2019s, Pharmaca, and Kohl\u2019s. A store brand children\u2019s bubble bath from Kmart and a children\u2019s shampoo\/conditioner from Babies R Us were also found with cocamide DEA. Falsely labeled organic products from Organic by Africa\u2019s Best also tested for high levels of the cancer-causing chemical; CEH previously won a legal settlement with this company requiring it to end its use of phony organic labels.<\/p>\n