sodium lauryl sulfate
- n a caustic detergent useful for removing grease; although commonly included in personal care items (shampoos and toothpastes etc.) it can irritate skin and should not be swallowed
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- Why Toothpaste Makes Things Taste So Awful
You may think it might be the common mint flavor of toothpaste clashing with other flavors, but in the case of orange juice and many other things, this isn't actually what's going on. The culprit here is thought to be two compounds almost universally added to toothpastes -sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium lauryl ether sulfate, which are anionic surfactants, meaning they lower the surface tension ...
March 11, 2014 - Gizmodo - People's Pharmacy: There's likely no link between canker sores and toothpaste
Q: I was troubled with recurrent canker sores for a while. The only thing that had changed was my toothpaste. I wanted whiter teeth, so I was using whitening toothpastes. I got canker sores when there was sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) in the toothpaste.
March 10, 2014 - Athens Banner-Herald