-Caveat Lector- Denorex shampoo maker settles suit over carcinogen The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (September 7, 2001 7:43 p.m. EDT) - Whitehall-Robins has settled a civil suit against it claiming that its Denorex dandruff shampoo contains unsafe amounts of coal tar, a carcinogen. The American Home Products subsidiary said Friday it will pay $427,500 and will lower the amount of coal tar in its products by 72 percent. Coal tar is a treatment for dandruff. "We are going to formulate a new product," Whitehall-Robins spokesman Fran Sullivan said. "It will be out nationwide by mid-December." The suit was brought by San Francisco-based Occupational Knowledge International, a nonprofit organization that has similar suits pending against 20 other manufacturers of coal-tar shampoos. The suits are based on a state proposition. "Proposition 65, which was passed by voter initiative in the late '80s, meant that anyone exposing others to a carcinogen must notify them," said Perry Gottesfeld, executive director of Occupational Knowledge International. The other suits include manufacturers such as Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Neutrogena, which makes T/gel, and Reedco, which manufactures Tegrin. Those cases are scheduled for trial in January. Gottesfeld said he filed the suits in January 1999, and the California Attorney General's Office joined shortly afterward. "These are very ubiquitous products that are available everywhere," Gottesfeld said. "They're also used by children and infants, who have very high absorption rates. Adults can also absorb it very easily." <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
