The Truth About SLES, PEGs and 1,4-Dioxane in Your Beauty Products (AD)

Have you ever noticed that SLES is rated worse in clean beauty apps than SLS? What's with that? It's an interesting tale about a technology that's so useful it's everywhere, but most people have never heard of it, and it's kind of linked to drinking water contamination. Subscribe for videos every fortnight: http://bit.ly/labmuffinyt This video is sponsored by Croda, an ingredient supplier who have a line of biobased surfactants with low 1,4-dioxane, manufactured with 100% renewable energy for a lower carbon footprint: https://bit.ly/3uBIvfa In this video: 1:01 Ethoxylation is talented, brilliant, incredible... 4:01 1,4-dioxane is... not 4:57 1,4-dioxane in your beauty products 6:58 1,4-dioxane in your freaking water supply 7:59 Where does it come from? 10:29 I make a bunch of predictions, we'll see how that goes Sources: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-12/documents/1._risk_evaluation_for_14-dioxane_casrn_123-91-1.pdf https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/consumer_safety/docs/sccs_o_194.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.085 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2019.01.003 https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-03/documents/ffrro_factsheet_contaminant_14-dioxane_january2014_final.pdf https://www.fda.gov/cosmetics/potential-contaminants-cosmetics/14-dioxane-cosmetics-manufacturing-byproduct https://14d-1.itrcweb.org/history-of-use-and-potential-sources O'Lenick, AJ, Jr, Surfactants: Strategic Personal Care Ingredients, 2014 https://ww