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Here's the copy of the original message.

 Check the ingredients listed on your shampoo bottle, and see if
 they have a substance by the name of Sodium Laureth Sulfate, or
 simply SLS.

 This substance is found in most shampoos, and the manufactures
 use it because it produces a lot of foam and it is cheap. BUT
 the fact is that SLS is used to scrub garage floors, and it is
 very strong. It is also proven that it can cause cancer in the
 long run, and this is no joke.

 I went home and checked my shampoo(Vidal Sassoon), it doesn t
 contain it; however, others such as Vo5, Palmolive, Paul
 Mitchell, the new Hemp shampoo, etc.. contains this substance.
 So I called one company, and I told them their product contains
 a substance that will cause people to have cancer. They said
 Yeah, we knew about it but there is nothing we can do about it
 because we need that substance to produce foam.

 By the way Colgate toothpaste also contains the same substance
 to produce the bubbles. They said they are going to send me some
 information. Research has shown that in the 1980s, the chance of
 getting cancer is 1 out of 8000 and now, in the 1990s, the
 chances of getting cancer is 1 out of 3, which is very serious.
 So I hope that you will take this seriously  and pass this on to
 all the people you know, and hopefully, we can stop giving
 ourselves cancer. This is serious, after you have read this,
 pass it on to as many people as possible, this is not a chain
 letter, but it concerns our health.

This might or might not be a hoax. In either case, there's no need to distribute this message further.