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"Virus Hoax:
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Shampoo Causes Cancer
May 1999
In the same vein as the message above, this message claims that shampoo
causes cancer. This one was also debunked by the American Cancer
Society.
Subject: FW: Read this about the shampoo you use
Check the ingredients listed on your shampoo bottle, and see if they
have 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.
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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