----- Original Message ----- From: James Osbourne, Holmes <a...@trail.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 9:15 AM Subject: RE: CS> OT SLS
> Hi Trem, et al, > > I am beginning to hear bad things about Laural Sulfate, Sodium or Ammonium. > It is on my list. > > What is the overall CA rate Trem? Last time I checked it was 1 in 4. I don't have exact info but what I saw last was 1 in 4. It was in a health newsletter we subscribe to. Pretty high and alarming isn't it? Trem > > James Osbourne Holmes > a...@trail.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Trem Williams [SMTP:t...@silvergen.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 8:56 AM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS> OT SLS > > << File: ATT00003.html >> Just trying to be a devils advocate I suggest > reading the info at this URL regarding Sodium Laurel Sulfate and Sodium > Laureth Sulfate. It seems that this post has been making the rounds and > might be considered an urban legend. > > > http://urbanlegends.tqn.com/culture/beliefs/urbanlegends/library/weekly/ > aa090998.htm > > It would be nice to know the truth about this item but I think there is a > scare tactic here that's a bit overboard. Our cancer rate didn't go from 1 > in 8000 in the 80's to 1 in 3 in the 90's as it says in this letter. > > I think a grain of salt is in order with this one. > > Trem > t...@silvergen.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Houston-McMillan > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 2:42 AM > Subject: CS> OT SLS > > > Subject: Serious > > Check the ingredients listed on your shampoo bottle, and see if they have a > substance by the name of Sodium Laureth Sulfate, or simply SLS. > This substance is found in most shampoos, and the manufacturers use it > because it produces a lot of foam and it is cheap. BUT the fact is that SLS > is used to scrub garage floors, and it is very strong. > It is also proven that it can cause cancer in the long run, and this is no > joke. I went home and checked my shampoo (Vidal Sasoon); it doesn't contain > it; however, others such as Vo5, Palmolive, Paul Mitchell, the new Hemp > Shampoo .. contain this substance. The first ingredient listed (which means > it is the single most prevalent ingredient) in > Clairol's Herbal Essences is Sodium Laureth Sulfate. > So I called one company, and I told them their product contains a substance > that will cause people to have cancer. They said,"Yeah, we knew about it > but > there is nothing we can do about it because we need that substance to > produce foam. > By the way Colgate toothpaste also contains the same substance to produce > the "bubbles". They said they are going to send me some information. > Research has shown that in the 1980s, the chance of getting cancer is 1 > out > of 8000 and now, in the 1990s, the chances of getting cancer is 1 out of 3, > which is very serious. > So I hope that you will take this seriously and pass this on to all the > people you know, and hopefully, we can stop "giving" ourselves the cancer > virus. > This is serious, after you have read this, pass it on to as many people as > possible, this is not a chain letter, but it concerns our health. > > Michelle Hailey > Executive Secretary > University of Pennsylvania Health System > Office of Legal Affairs > (215) 662-2546 > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> > > >
