From: Marty Chester [m-chester@uchicago.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 6:15 PM To: Charles_Hymes@hp.com Subject: possible hoax? Hi, I saw your page, and wonder if you know anything about this.... Thanks, Marty Chester ----Original Message----- >From: Suzy Berger >To: lravitz@mail.colgate.edu ; >Dina_Lucas@brown.edu ; aeh8@duke.edu ; >lneumann@wam.umd.edu ; Samola1@aol.com >; Wiggler004@aol.com ; >mekaufma@wharton.upenn.edu ; ilam@sas.upenn.edu >; pledge@dolphin.upenn.edu >Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 11:29 AM >Subject: Fw: this is actually important and for your health----READ >IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > >> >>>>Subject: FW: Sodium Laureth Sulfate >>>> >>>>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 not a 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 >>>>hat in the 1980's, the chance of getting cancer is 1 out of 8000 and now, >>>>in the 1990's, 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 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 >>> >>> >> >> >