Johnson & Johnson is not making any new friends in the schoolyard this year. Back in February, a federal judge in Newark ruled in favor of letting a class action suit against the company proceed (presumably it’s ongoing, unless it was quietly settled…). The plaintiffs were alleging that J&J’s baby shampoo contained methyl chloride—one of the eight ingredients the FDA has actually banned for use in personal care products. (The EU, mind you, has nixed over 1,000.) In the past their baby shampoo was also found to contain formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane, but these known carcinogens are still technically legal for use.

Now the company is in hot water again. In May, they announced a voluntary recall of liquid pediatric Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, and Zyrtec, prompting a congressional investigation. According to the FDA, these children’s products may have contained one or some of the following: metal particles, too much of a particular active ingredient, or non-active ingredients that didn’t meet testing standards. Nice, right? Now the New York Times is reporting that Johnson & Johnson is being very uncooperative with the investigation. According to Representative Edolphus Towns, a Democrat from New York, the company had “used delaying tactics in its dealings with the committee and in some instances had provided misinformation.” That’s fancy for lying. According to Towns, J&J told members of their staff they were recalling six million bottles, but had informed the FDA that they were recalling 136 million bottles. There’s more, though! You can read all the juicy details in the article… Fingers crossed that this story actually stays in the news.

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