Moms only want what’s best for their children, and will do whatever they can to make sure they grow up in a safe and healthy environment, which is why many moms choose to pay a little bit more for ‘natural’ and ‘organic’ baby products.
California mom Theresa Jones trusted that products sold in stores for children that were marketed as ‘chemical-free’ and ‘organic’ were the safest option for her baby boy, and was always happy to pay the premium price since it meant she was buying quality products that would never cause her little boy any harm.
Yet when Jones gave her 2-year-old son Hunter Jones a bath one night back in May 2015, he ended up being scarred for life thanks to Babyganic’s ‘tear-free’ shampoo. During the bath, Jones and a friend had used the shampoo to wash Hunter’s hair, but he started crying in pain when bubbles rain down his face and into his eyes.
Jones tried to rinse out Hunter’s eyes with water, but nothing seemed to help the 2-year-old, who was left wincing in pain. By the next morning, Hunter still couldn’t open his eyes, and while attempting to help open them, Jones noticed they were completely red.
The terrified mom rushed her son to the hospital, where he was given some drops and was prescribed a strong steroid, but his symptoms only worsened. Eventually, a surgeon discovered that the shampoo had caused Hunter to have ‘bilateral chemical burns’ that covered 90% of his corneas.
“Hunter suffered debilitating pain, could not open his eyes for nearly a week and, according to his treating physician, will now face the specter of lifelong problems with his eyes,” the family’s lawsuit against Babyganics explained. “I can’t tell you how devastating it is as a mother to know that I used a product that created irreparable damage to my son’s eyes,” Theresa said. “I was led to believe that this ‘tear free’ shampoo was natural and safe and I spent more money on it because of it. This product is not safe. Hunter will suffer for the rest of his life with vision issues and it’s made all the more tragic because Babyganics knows this product was defective and it never should have been sold – and yet they still haven’t taken it off the market.”
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[Featured image: Theresa Jones]
Toddler Suffers Chemical Burns From ‘Organic’ Baby Shampoo is an article from: LifeDaily