I nearly died from laughter and the need to tell you all about it.
Please, enjoy!
Now you can turn your water into squishy goo!
Turn your bathtub into a gooey adventure with Squishy Baff!
Environmentally Friendly (LMAO!!! For real?)
No Artificial Fragrance (What about the color?)
Won't Clog Drains (Yea, the drain is what concerns me here. Thanks for clearing that up!)
No Preservatives (I won't even go here.)
Won't Clog Drains (Yea, the drain is what concerns me here. Thanks for clearing that up!)
No Preservatives (I won't even go here.)
No Irritants (Oh this one is GOLD!)
Make in the UK (Junk made in the UK is apparently better than junk make elsewhere. Good to know?)
Make in the UK (Junk made in the UK is apparently better than junk make elsewhere. Good to know?)
Not Tested on Animals (Oh sweet, so it's tested on... our kids?)
Bonus point if you already know what this is made of before I tell you....
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Yep! It's Sodium Polyacrylate - a.k.a. The stuff they put in disposable diapers to absorb a baby's urine.
Sodium Polyacrylate is a polymer that starts out as a powdery substance, when introduced to moisture, it can absorb 400-500 times its own weight. The FDA has labeled it as GRAS, Generally Recognized As Safe, though I think most of us here can appreciate the fact that the FDA doesn't always get it right.
*cough*All off the crap in standard products and foods that we have to work to avoid.*cough*
Okay, silliness aside, Sodium Polyacrylate isn't the worst thing in the world, but it's certainly not something you want on your child. SP is a skin & eye irritant to start with. Who wants to play in skin & eye irritants?
Did you know that SP was once a component in tampons, but was outlawed due to the substantial increased risk of TSS (want to know more about TSS, visit You-Are-Loved.org). As I mentioned before, it can also be found in disposable diapers and has been implicated as a contributor to staph infections. I'm not saying it will cause one, but it could contribute, and staph infections are serious - deathly serious.
According to EWG (Cosmetic Database) SP is classified as expected to be toxic or harmful. It lists an organ toxicity risk due to contamination concerns with Methacrylic Acid, Acrylic Acid & 2-Ethylhexyl Acrylate. It also lists it as 'considered safe based on assumption of low absorption' - keep in mind that they are relating this to the tiny amount found in cosmetic products, not what's found in a diaper full, nor a 'baff'tub full.
This product has me half cracking up at the insanity of it all (Honestly, who thinks "Hey this idea is a winner!"?), but more seriously, it has me concerned for parents who may not realize what this product is made from, nor how their child's skin may react.
I would love to hear your impressions!
I would love to hear your impressions!
20 comments:
I saw that commercial too! I couldn't believe my eyes and ears....
wow, what companies stoop to in order to make money, so sad
i'm sharing this post so hopefully it will save some poor kid from being subjected to swimming in chemical-nastiness!
GROSS! Also, what do they use to turn it back into water?
Scary!
Scary!
Scary!
This is just awful! I haven't seen that commercial, but thank you for posting this. Seriously. I can't believe this is a "product" marketed to kids!
Holy cow, that's horrifying!
By-passing the health aspects for a moment...this totally would creep me out...esp as a kid...I have a thing about textures so does my son.
As for the health aspects what if a kid gets this stuff in his mouth which is HIGHLY likely!!! {{{{Shudder}}}}
that is absolutely disgusting! my little guy loves to lick his bath water and i only use california baby products!
Friends of ours were given this as a present, they tried it, and their 2 y/o wouldn't even get in the bath. She was like "what the heck is going on here Mom"?!
That's pretty nasty, how does this pass health standards?
So what is the powder that "turns it back to water?"
The powder that liquefies it is salt. From many of the reviews I've read, it appears that it doesn't properly dissolve it and many people complain of clogged drains as a result.
Wow...that is disgusting. And yeah, salt would simply dehydrate the polymer temporarily to get it down the drain, it would probably rehydrate somewhere in the sewer system. But hey, if it doesn't clog up YOUR drain, who cares, right?
Assume everything else went correctly... then, what? We're just supposed to drain the stuff into the ocean? Sounds like a great idea.
What would happen if your child ate this junk?
got it in their eyes (salt based) OUCH! in their ears, up their nose.?
Not a good product for our children.
Wow. Thanks for the links to your sources, BTW. Doing a research paper for school on cloth versus disposable diapers. Those will come in handy.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha
I told my daughter we were not going to get it. And I am glad I vetoed it. My concern was the "substance" getting in to my kids private parts. Causing infections such as uti or yeast or any others. Didn't seem like a gamble I wanted to take. Thank goodness I didn't.
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