Podcast #12 - What the Sud? What to know about Sulfates

Also known as Sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, sodium monododecyl sulfate, dodecyl alcohol, sodium monolauryl sulfate, sodium dodecanesulfate, n-dodecyl sulfate sodium, sodium coco-sulfate, hydrogen sulfate, sodium salt, sulfuric acid, monododecyl ester.

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
Have you ever wondered what'sreally in your products?
The ingredients that are listedon the back of them and what all
those words mean?
What about in your home?
Have you ever wondered?
If any of your furniture wasever treated with chemicals or
the clothes that you're wearing?
Could they possibly have beensprayed with something that

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could be harmful to your skin oryour system.
And if you have children, haveyou ever been concerned about
them being exposed to harmfulenvironmental toxins?
Or breathing in chemicals thatwe know are not safe for us.
If you answered yes to any ofthese questions, then you are in
the right place.
Welcome to The Eco Mama Podcast.

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I'm Jaime Snell, your host.
I'm here today to do that deepdive into just yet another
chemical that I believe weshould all strive to avoid.
Today's chemical is sulfates.
Also known as S L S.
Or sodium lauryl sulfates.

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It is a common ingredient in theproducts that we use that suds
up.
Hence the name for today'spodcast.
What the SUD?
I was having a little fun withthat plan.
It's important to know aboutthis because so many of us have
been conditioned to believe thatif a soap does not sud up or if
our dishwasher, detergent ordish detergent, laundry

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detergent, soap in the shower orwhatever it may be.
If we don't have a good lathergoing on.
You can, you know, shampoothere's no good ladder.
We think this is a dud it's notgoing to work.
But no, just because it doesn'thave a sud doesn't mean as a
dud.
It just means that it's notloaded with sulfates, which is
what causes all of those littlebubbles or the suds that you

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find.
When you lather things together,when you wrap it into your hair,
your hands or your sink.
In like in a nutshell, they'reconsidered surfactants that
serve as a foaming agent.
As I mentioned, there are mostof our soaps.
Their hair and personal careproducts.

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Body washes.
Now, some of us still do usebody wash.
I.
Encouraged not to do body washbecause I think so, sir.
Just more environmentallyfriendly and not having the
extra plastic in our house.
Bubble baths also have sulfates.
Now there are some bubble bathsand bubbles fizzes that can
still create a bubble essencewithout using sulfates.

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So we can get more into thatanother time.
But I just want you to be awarethat these products have
sulfates in them.
Another one that you might notthink of is toothpaste.
But if you ever have to paste inyour mouth and you brush a
little aggressively, it bubblesup.
And there are some I've had inthe past where like my mouth
filled with bubbles while I wasbrushing my teeth.

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Pretty crazy.
So if it's are also in productsthat are found around the house,
Such as like carwash, soaps andhousehold cleaning products.
Even garage floor cleaners andengine degreasers.
The reason we want to avoidsulfates is because they've been
known to cause irritation tohumans.

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The minor side of the irritationwould be irritation in the eyes,
skin, mouth.
Lungs and even scalp.
They're known to triggerallergies.
And cost cystic acne around themouth and chin..
Ouch! Do not want that.
They can also leave your hairand a tangled mess.
Over time, they could even lead.

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To loss of hair.
So if your hair is thinningprematurely, maybe you need to
take a look at your ingredientsbecause sulfates can actually
have that chemical reaction,that you start losing hair.
That's not worth it, friends.
All right.
So I mentioned in the verybeginning, Sodium lauryl,
sulfate or sulfates.

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It's also known as SLS.
Sodium lauryl sulfate.
Sodium mano Datta style sulfate.
Data Sal alcohol sodium, manolauryl, sulfate, sodium Dodo
cane sulfate.
You get the picture.
There's some long names here.
Another short name I'll sharewould be sodium salt and

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sulfuric acid.
But I'll put all these namesdown in the show notes so you
can see how they're spelled andwhat to look for.
And it, and as always, you canreference.
Also, there is a full guide ofingredients that is available on
Eco Crates of America's website.
On there.
It's called the no thank you.

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List.
It is just the things that Italk about every Friday that we
say, no, thank you to in ourfamily.
And this list was put togetherto help guide anyone interested
in.
Having cleaner ingredientproducts on what products to
look out for and to try to avoidand has to say, no, thank you
to.
So today we say, no, thank youto sodium lauryl sulfate, also

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known as sulfates.
Thanks for joining today.
Be sure to chime back in verysoon, I am going to be doing
podcast about shopping, becauseit's the shopping season.
It's Thanksgiving in a couple ofdays.
And I just think it would be agood time to talk about some
great gift ideas.
Have a great weekend.

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Bye everyone.