I endorse this statement and position. James Osbourne Holmes a...@trail.com
-----Original Message----- From: Sam Earle [SMTP:sear...@prodigy.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 7:02 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS> OT SLS Can't cite the source, but I read some time ago that sodium laurel sulfate is extremely small molecule that is easily absorbed through the skin and which enters the brain and collects there, doing whatever powerful solvents do in the brain. If it's associated with cancer, it wouldn't surprise me, as solvents (notably isopropyl alcohols and benzine) are catalytic in the parasite reproductive cycle anomaly that appears to cause most tumor-based cancers. I've avoid SLS for a couple of years now, and I'd certainly advise anyone else to do the same. The suspect letter is almost certainly an urban legend. No attorney or executive director of a medical organization is going to circulate such a missive on the internet and keep his job for more than 48 hours. Someone in that kind of position, if he had the gumption to launch such a campaign, would have access to much more powerful means. Why would anyone listen to a lawyer talk about medicine, especially one employed by a medical organization that clearly isn't backing him? Tragically, the warning is valid and the moron who cooked up this hoax has muddied the credibility of anyone else who says so. Thus, I suspect the moron works for a shampoo manufacturer or a specialty chemicals company that makes SLS. And so it goes... Sam > I've heard rumors that it affects permeability of Brain/Blood system. No > time to check. Maybe if I stopped writing so much e-mail... > > I don't trust their cancer reports anyway. It is becoming obvious that > anyone who come up with bad data for the Corporations gets no more funding. > > James Osbourne Holmes > a...@trail.com > > << File: ATT00004.html >> The best way to check something like this is to > look at the MSDS. All > chemical products have an MSDS sheet, and it can be requested from the > company. Here is the MSDS on sodium Laureth sulfate which shows the > stuff to be rather nasty, but no cancer causing: > > http://hazard.com/msds/h/q393/q137.html > > Which specifically states: > > LD50-LC50 Mixture: ORAL LD50(RAT): 1288 MG/KG > Route Of Entry - Inhalation: YES > Route Of Entry - Skin: YES > Route Of Entry - Ingestion: YES > Health Haz Acute And Chronic: MAY BE HARMFUL IF INHALED, SWALLOWED/IF > ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN. SEVERE EYE IRRITANT. SKIN: IRRITATION. > MATERIAL > IS IRRITATING TO MUCOUS MEMBRANES & UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT. ALLERGIC > RESPIRATORY REACTION. MAY CAUSE PULMONARY SENSITIZATION RESULTING IN > HYPERACTIVE AIRWAY DYSFUNCTION/PULMONARY ALLERGY. MAY AFFECT LUNGS > Carcinogenicity - NTP: NO > Carcinogenicity - IARC: NO > Carcinogenicity - OSHA: NO > Explanation Carcinogenicity: NONE > Signs/Symptoms Of Overexp: IRRITATION, BURNING, COUGHING, WHEEZING, > LARYNGITIS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, VOMITING, SNEEZING, > FATIGUE, MALAISE, ACHING. > Emergency/First Aid Proc: EYES/SKIN: IMMEDIATELY FLUSH W/COPIOUS AMOUNTS > > OF WATER FOR 15 MINS. INHALATION: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR. GIVE CPR/ OXYGEN > IF > NECESSARY. INGESTION: WASH OUT MOUTH W/WATER IF CONSCIOUS. OBTAIN > MEDICAL > ATTENTION IN ALL CASES. > =========================================================================== > > Precautions for Safe Handling and Use > =========================================================================== > > Steps If Matl Released/Spill: EVACUATE AREA. WEAR SELF CONTAINED > BREATHING > APPARATUS, RUBBER BOOTS & HEAVY RUBBER GLOVES. SWEEP UP, PLACE IN A BAG > & > HOLD FOR WASTE DISPOSAL. AVOID RAISING DUST. VENTILATE AREA & WASH SITE > AFTER MATERIAL PICKUP IS COMPLETE. > Waste Disposal Method: DISSOLVE/MIX THE MATERIAL W/A COMBUSTIBLE SOLVENT > & > BURN IN A CHEMICAL INCINERATOR EQUIPPED W/AN AFTERBURNER & SCRUBBER. > DISPOSE OF IN ACCORDANCE W/LOCAL, STATE & FEDERAL REGULATIONS. > Precautions-Handling/Storing: STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE. KEEP TIGHTLY > CLOSED. > Other Precautions: AVOID INHALATION. DON'T GET IN EYES, ON SKIN/ON > CLOTHING. AVOID PROLONGED/REPEATED EXPOSURE. > =========================================================================== > > > > > Anna G Warmuth wrote: > > > Hey guys, this looks like a hoax & according to the urban legends > > site, it is. If you want to see what they have to say, follow the > > link > > below. > http://urbanlegends.about.com/culture/beliefs/urbanlegends/library/weekl > y/aa090998.htm?terms=SODIUM+LAURETH+SULFATE&PM=113_300_T > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Houston-McMillan <jho...@icon.co.za> > > To: silver-list@eskimo.com <silver-list@eskimo.com> > > Date: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 2:52 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> >
