Those warm and wonderful companies that make shampoos containing sodium lauryl and laureth sulphate (SLS) don’t seem to care that these chemicals have been linked with cancer, vision disorders, dandruff, rashes, hair loss, the breakdown of cell membranes, and allergies. In industry, SLS is used in engine degreasers and floor de-waxers. Anything that foams up is likely to contain SLS, of course, plus these dangerous chemicals. Most shampoos read like chemistry texts: coicamido propyl betaine, peg-3 distearate, glycol distearate, polyquaternium-16, hydroxypropyl, and on and on with a depressing list of extremely dangerous substances that belong in the toxic waste section of your local tip, not on your scalp and from there into your body.
According to biochemist Hulda Regehr Clark, PhD, ND, who has done exhaustive research, of all the chemicals contained in cosmetics and toiletries the solvent propyl alcohol is the worst of the lot. She has written three books on the connection between this solvent and intestinal parasites. She claims that all cancer patients have both the human intestinal fluke and propyl
alcohol in their livers. Dr Clark says that this parasite typically lives in the intestines, where it does not do life-threatening harm. “But if it establishes itself in the liver,” says Dr Clark, “it causes cancer.” Fortunately, Dr. Clark claims that it only establishes itself in the livers of people whose bodies contain propyl alcohol, so wise people will avoid this solvent.
According to biochemist Hulda Regehr Clark, PhD, ND, who has done exhaustive research, of all the chemicals contained in cosmetics and toiletries the solvent propyl alcohol is the worst of the lot. She has written three books on the connection between this solvent and intestinal parasites. She claims that all cancer patients have both the human intestinal fluke and propyl
alcohol in their livers. Dr Clark says that this parasite typically lives in the intestines, where it does not do life-threatening harm. “But if it establishes itself in the liver,” says Dr Clark, “it causes cancer.” Fortunately, Dr. Clark claims that it only establishes itself in the livers of people whose bodies contain propyl alcohol, so wise people will avoid this solvent.