Vicks Baby Balm

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Hi all - lot of " cut an pasting " going on below... so hope it all turns out

OK!!

 

Basically the EU have ordered a withdrawal of Vicks Baby Balm, evidentially

(I think - I only read English and reports I can find are in French) due to

the eucalyptol and camphor content. It seems there have been cases of

neurological problems in infants. Wonder if it's a " one off " batch that has

had too much oil added?

 

 

 

EU Consumer alert issued 3/01/05...

 

210365/04 France Perfumed relaxing balm for body massage " WICKS

BABYBALM " ,

50ml bottle. Country of origin: Germany.

 

Risk of convulsion. Neurological effect of terpenic derivatives causing

convulsion to infants.

 

Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities; Assessment of the

neurological toxicity in order to establish thresholds in cosmetics and

health products.

 

 

 

See http://tinyurl.com/6q4mn for these details...

 

(Translation courtesy of Google..)

 

Mercerdi December 16. Following the withdrawal, at the beginning of

December, of all the batches currently on the market of Vicks Babybalm (pot

of 50 ml) and with two alarms of December the 3 and 4, the French Agency of

medical safety of the products of health (Afssaps) publishes on its Internet

site a supplemented list of the numbers of the batches concerned like their

expiry date. 19, these batches which have an expiry date lower than June

2007 were withdrawn from the market following undesirable neurological

effects (in particular convulsions) which have occurred in two nourrissons.

The scenting balsam of Procter & Gamble, intended to mass the chest of the

babies of more than 3 months, contains terpenic derivatives (essential oils

containing of the eucalyptol and camphor), whose risk of toxicity is

currently evaluated according to the concentration. The list of all the

batches concerned with this withdrawal is accessible to the following

address: http://afssaps.sante.fr/htm/alertes/filalert/co041202.pdf

 

Love

 

Liz