Is Neutrogena using water from a polluted harbor for their products?

What’s the verdict here—is this actually happening?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSoJ-HYluzU

Believe it or not, Neutrogena—that big-name product from the massive pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson based out of San Francisco—is sourcing its ingredients from a tiny little cove in Cherry Hill, just a stone's throw from the mainland side of the Golden Gate Bridge, barely half a meter deep! Right where they're pulling this seawater into barrels, you’ve got wastewater from two local diners, runoff from public restroom sewers, storm drainage from the nearby parking lots, and waste from about twenty weekend cottages. And—get this—there’s constant boat maintenance happening right in that same cove. We're talking grinding, coating, painting... all those toxic antifouling particles, fiberglass bits, metal shavings, and rust just drifting straight into the water. To make matters worse, there are freshwater springs (upwellings) right in the immediate area, which makes the actual quality of that seawater highly questionable at best. They’re even extracting it using the most primitive methods imaginable—just pumping it into a van using a manual pump hooked up to the vehicle's battery. As for whether Johnson & Johnson actually holds a commercial permit to exploit these marine resources? Well, that goes without saying. It's classic shady business. So go ahead—keep snorting Neutrogena up your noses and your kids' noses too! If you haven't lost your minds already.

Chris Chase25 said:What’s the verdict here—is this actually happening?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSoJ-HYluzU

Believe it or not, Neutrogena—that big-name product from the massive pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson based out of San Francisco—is sourcing its ingredients from a tiny little cove in Cherry Hill, just a stone's throw from the mainland side of the Golden Gate Bridge, barely half a meter deep! Right where they're pulling this seawater into barrels, you’ve got wastewater from two local diners, runoff from public restroom sewers, storm drainage from the nearby parking lots, and waste from about twenty weekend cottages. And—get this—there’s constant boat maintenance happening right in that same cove. We're talking grinding, coating, painting... all those toxic antifouling particles, fiberglass bits, metal shavings, and rust just drifting straight into the water. To make matters worse, there are freshwater springs (upwellings) right in the immediate area, which makes the actual quality of that seawater highly questionable at best. They’re even extracting it using the most primitive methods imaginable—just pumping it into a van using a manual pump hooked up to the vehicle's battery. As for whether Johnson & Johnson actually holds a commercial permit to exploit these marine resources? Well, that goes without saying. It's classic shady business. So go ahead—keep snorting Neutrogena up your noses and your kids' noses too! If you haven't lost your minds already.

Honestly, I don't buy it. Who knows why they were pumping water there. There's no way that specific spot is what they use for Neutrogena production.

Think about it logically. Why would a major pharmaceutical company make their life harder and take such a huge risk by pulling dirty water when they could just drive a van ten minutes down the road and grab crystal clear water for their product? I really don't believe that water from that little cove was used for Neutrogena. It's just too much risk and it makes production way too difficult.

The product has to be pure. If they pump dirty water, they're just making things harder because they'd have to spend extra money filtering it, which complicates and hikes up the whole manufacturing cost. Plus, they'd be risking someone leaking the info. If that happened, sales would tank.

Why deal with all that hassle and risk when the easiest thing is to just head out a bit further, grab a boat, and pull clean water from the open ocean?