CONSUMERS WATCH OUT

I received a forwarded email from an old friend and was curious about the title so I opened it (I usually dont open forwarded emails coz they're waste of time) Its about some popular companies using cheap detergent to boost foaming on shampoos, soaps and body wash. I intentionally deleted the brands which are included in the email.. I dont want to be sued haha! anyway message me if you wanna know..

I've actually heard it several years ago when I was still in college but I did'nt pay particular attention on it, I remember one time I was in Watson and buying some stuffs, I was looking for a particular brand of shampoo and I overheard a very proper old woman lecturing on her daughter about to check first the ingredients of some products.. specially the shampoo (that time I thought its kinda weird or something) so for some time I eavesdropped on her lectures, she diligently examined the ingridients of a very popular brand of shampoo after sometime she found what she's looking for the SLS. After the mother and daughter left and nowhere in sight.. I grabbed the shampoo and curiously check whats on it. Yep the SLS on the list and for sometime I didnt use the product.

Unlike the old mother that I've encounter most of us are too busy and dont have the time to check whatever ingredients there is on our everyday grooming products.. but hey its free and it will cost only a fraction of your time, besides mother's knows best right? hehe! Here it goes..

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLS)

Some companies use a chemical called SLS which is actually a floor cleaner. They are used so as to produce more foam. Imagine what a floor cleaner can do to you hair and scalp. It will damage the very roots of your scalp. Check out for SLS in toothpaste too!!! Use the ones which are free from this extremely harmful chemical.

This inexpensive detergent is commonly used in cosmetic cleansers, hair shampoos, bath and shower gels, bubble baths, etc. - It is probably the most dangerous ingredient used in skin and hair-care products. In the cleaning industry SLS is used in garage floor cleaners, engine degreasers, car-wash soaps, etc. It is very corrosive and readily attacks greasy surfaces.
Sodium lauryl sulfate is used throughout the world for clinical testing as a primary skin irritant. Laboratories use it to irritate skin on test animals and humans so that they may then test healing agents to see how effective they are on the irritated skin.

A study at the University of Georgia Medical College, indicated that SLS penetrated into the eyes as well as brain, heart, liver, etc., and showed long-term retention in the tissues. The study also indicated that SLS penetrated young children's eyes and prevented them from developing properly and caused cataracts to develop in adults.

May cause hair loss by attacking the follicle. Classified as a drug in bubble baths because it eats away skin protection and causes rashes and infection to occur.

SLS Is potentially harmful to skin and hair. Cleans by corrosion. Dries skin by stripping the protective lipids from the surface so it can't effectively regulate moisture.

Another extremely serious problem is the connection of SLS with nitrate contamination. SLS reacts with many types of ingredients used in skin products and forms nitrosomines (nitrates). Nitrates are potential cancer-causing carcinogenics.

Because of the alarming penetrating power of SLS, large amounts of these known carcinogens are absorbed through the skin into the body. A variation of SLS is SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE (Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate- SLES). It exhibits many of the same characteristics and is a higher-foaming variation of SLS.