Illegal Cancer-Causing Chemicals Found in Nearly 100 Well-Known Shampoo Brands

[satanboy]

You may have thought that the worst thing your shampoo could do to you is to sting your eyes, but it turns out that your shampoo could be deadly. The Center for Environmental Health based in Oakland, California, performed a study on shampoos and soaps and found that 98 included a possible carcinogen known as cocamide diethanolamine (cocamide DEA).

Cocamide DEA is a chemically modified form of coconut oil that is used as a thickener or foaming agent in shampoo. However, the state of California has outlawed its use, because it may be carcinogenic to humans. The CEH is suing companies producing and distributing these products, including Prell, Paul Mitchell and Colgate Palmolive shampoos. Also included are products marketed to children, and even one which falsely claims to be organic (Organic by Africa’s Best.)

Until things are resolved, it seems like getting shampoo in your eyes may have become the least of your concerns.

You can find a full list of all 98 suspect shampoos here.

http://inhabitat.com/illegal-cancer-causing-chemicals-found-in-nearly-100-well-known-shampoo-brands/

 

[Deezil]

Ag jinne piet. So is braaivleis.

Just saying ...

 

[LazyLion]

I think you need to have some hair for in order to make use of shampoo.....
So that means... I'm safe.

 

[satanboy]

I think you need to have some hair for in order to make use of shampoo.....
So that means... I'm safe.

I still use shampoo on my scalp...and 4 hairs.

 

[saor]

Eh - the natural stuff is so cheap with a short ingredient list I can understand that I haven't bothered with 'mainstream' shampoo for years now. Currently using Earthsap or African Organics. It also means flushing less chemical crap down the drain all the time.

These harmful chemicals though...how harmful are they when the exposure time is so short? Is it something that accumulates over a lifetime of hair-washing or does the skin absorb that much in such a short time?

 

[LazyLion]

I still use shampoo on my scalp...and 4 hairs.

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my little hairs never get longer than one or two millimeters.
A bit of soap on the noggin is more than enough.

 

[Picard]

my little hairs never get longer than one or two millimeters.
A bit of soap on the noggin is more than enough.

What if your soap also has DEA in it?

 

[noxibox]

Doesn't the relevant law only require that manufacturers put a warning label on their product?

 

[Pitbull]

I'll be honest, when it comes to things like this, the SABS is actually pretty damn good. Doubt these would be affecting us at all.

 

[bokdrol]

Everything can give you cancer. Even breathing.

 

[grok]

This is exactly why I stopped drinking my shampoo!

 

[yebocan]

SunLight soap...so guess I am safe....