So is SLS (Sodium laurel / lauryl sulfate) harmful, or not?!

I don't know much about it. But your question certainly high lights a pressing issue:

Do we let the government tell us what to buy and sell.?

Or would we be much better served by:
-- people like yourself,
-- presenting questionable products
-- to independent labs for analysis
-- whose results are publicized and
-- made available at the points of sale of these products.?

Laws are so easily abused. Knowledge is far more accurately governed by the individual who possesses it.

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Only in excessive quantities, but the amounts they use in shampoos and body wash are fairly minimal. That said I think Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is too harsh and drying for the face, so I would use Sodium Laureth Sulfate in face washes which is gentler than it's counteraprt.Health Question & Answer

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Yes, it is harmful. It is in a lot of shampoos. I try not to buy anything with it. It's carcinogenic.Health Question & Answer

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