From: Andrew Lentz [alentz@jhsph.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 07, 1998 10:49 AM
To: Charles Hymes
Subject: The latest hoax

 Check the ingredients listed on your shampoo
bottle, and see if they have this substance by the
name of Sodium Laureth Sulfate, or simply SLS.
This substance is found in most shampoos, and the
manufactures 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, etc.. Contains this substance.  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

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Andrew Lentz
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Distance Education Division
111 Market Place, Suite 850
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 223-1830 (410) 223-1832 fax
http://distance.jhsph.edu