Our kid’s skin is about 5 times thinner than ours and is significantly more permeable: what goes on it, in general, is absorbed into the body in some form.
Until they are 6 months old, infants lack a blood-brain barrier to prevent blood-borne toxins entering the brain. Low-level exposures that would have little or no effect on an adult brain can sabotage a foetal one.
Most of us assume that the chemicals we put on our babies and children have been thoroughly tested and regulated. Technically this is correct but some toxicologists and many environmental groups believe such tests are inadequate.
The concern is that chemicals bio-accumulate in our children’s bodies and little or no tests have been done to measure the ill effects of this accumulated chemical cocktail.
A recent UK report showed that our consumption of products such as lotions, talcs, oils, wipes and even baby perfumes has shot up in recent decades. At the same time rates of childhood eczema have risen to 20% from a low of less than 5% in the 1950’s. Some doctors believe there’s strong evidence suggesting that the rise in eczema and the increased use of such products are linked.
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