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Baby clothes from Carter's with tagless labels have caused rashes on about 400 babies' backs, according to a report in Newsweek. A warning came out from the Consumer Safety Product Commission and applies to the fall 2007 lines, including body suits, shirts and pajamas.

The announcement from the company said that it received reports that some babies could be allergic to the heat-transferred or tagless labels used in the clothing. The solid, as opposed to the stenciled labels, seem to be causing more of a reaction among children allergic to the ink. Although, according to the company, there is no indication that such labels contain "any known skin irritants or abrasive chemicals or that such a rash is anything beyond a rare allergic reaction."

Rumors of these rashes have been going about the blogosphere for a while, with Tiffany from NatureMomsBlog reporting on them back in September. Here is a picture from Everyday Thoughts and what her baby's rash looked like. Yikes.

Z Recommends spoke with Janell Cleveland, Senior Director of Consumer Affairs at Carter's. According to Cleveland, Carter's labels do not contain formaldehyde but might contain phthalates, which are common in tagless applications. The suspect Fall 2007 line used an estimated 300% of the plastisol ink used in previous or subsequent collections, which may account for the skin reactions.