Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is dangerous!
@rosesthorns14 (803)
Philippines
March 20, 2012 4:32pm CST
This chemical SLS is harmful, medical articles say, and they are usually found in our bathroom/grooming room. They have this agent called "Dioxane" that is a known carcinogen and are responsible for producing "foam" when used in the body. I'm guilty of this because I've been using those harmful products for a long time and now I decide to go organic or use natural products instead. I will just have to check on the ingredients of each product and see if SLS is included.
By the way, I found it on this link: http://www.natural-health-information-centre.com/sodium-lauryl-sulfate.html
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@rosesthorns14 (803)
• Philippines
21 Mar 12
It's not the shampoo alone, SLS is also found in most products that can be found in our bathroom.
Sometimes it is scary to use natural products that doesn't show SLS in its ingredients. I mean, how come the SLS is missing in one of the ingredients if a product still produces foam?
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
21 Mar 12
I have been preaching about this for years! I even include it in internet articles I write for other people whenever I can. It's an engine degreaser but people love it because they have been brainwashed to think that the more lather a shampoo makes, the cleaner the hair will be. I used natural shampoos without SLS but you have to read the labels--even some of those that say "Natural and Organic" will list SLS in the ingredients.
It's bad stuff! I'm glad you're warning people. 
@JohnRok1 (2051)
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15 May 12
SLS was the earliest detergent substance to be used in commercial products. All non-soap detergents used to contain it. It wasn't so dangerous in its primary function, but it doesn't degrade biologically, so if it got into your inside, as it did in traces of washing up liquid, no one was sure what the long term effects would be. Also you don't want it changing the nature of your rivers and seas for ever, so in many products it has been replaced by other detergents that are biodegradable, though it could be present in "anionic surfactants".
Dioxan is a completely different chemical - it's molecule is a six-membered ring with oxygen atoms replacing two of the methylene (dihydrocarbon) units directly opposite each other in the ring. A long time ago I used to use it in the lab as a solvent and some commercial scintillation fluids contained it, but even for that it has now been replaced. It might still be used in research as a solvent for carrying out chemical reactions. It is dangerous, and I'm not aware of any of our UK products containing it.
