An American cosmetics organization has revealed that the Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo on sale in a number of countries still contains carcinogens, despite the fact that the product was found to contain toxic substances several years ago, the Beijing News reported.

An American cosmetics organization has revealed that the Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo on sale in a number of countries still contains carcinogens, despite the fact that the product was found to contain toxic substances several years ago. [File photo]

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Coalition came out with the news two years ago that Johnson and Johnson's iconic baby shampoo contained carcinogens, including the formaldehyde-releasing preservative quaternium-15, as well as the chemical byproduct 1, 4-dioxane.

The organization recently discovered that a modified formula of the product is only sold in Britain, Denmark, Japan and 5 other countries, while the toxic product is still sold in China, the United States, Canada, Indonesia and Australia.

The spokesman of the coalition described it as "clearly a double standard."

Johnson and Johnson China responded in a statement saying that all products are within safe limits, and meet local supervision standards in all markets in which they are sold.