According to the Montreal Gazette the Canadian government has found that the chemical known as 1,4-dioxane, is not toxic.
Despite, the fact that The International Agency for Research on Cancer lists 1,4-dioxane as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" and California’s Prop 65 identifies it as a chemical known to cause cancer and the European Commission identify it as a Category 3 carcinogen as found on Toxic Nation.
The Gazette also reported, “"All data indicated the trace amounts Canadians may be exposed to through inhalation and skin absorption are several thousand times lower than levels at which health effects occur in laboratory animals," Health Canada said in a backgrounder.”
The chemical is often found in products used by children such as shampoo. Exposure to the chemical has been linked to, “tumors of the liver, gallbladder, nasal cavity, lung, skin, and breast.
According to Toxic Nation:
The U.S.-based Campaign for Safe Cosmetics conducted testing of children's bath products available in North America for 1,4-dioxane. They found it in 32 of 48 products. It is also likely an impurity in 22% or more of the 25,000 products in the Environmental Working Group's.
