On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:56:32 -0700, Persephone wrote:


I'm thinking about switching to soaps/shampoos made from vegetable
materials, without sodium lauryl sulfate, which is apparently the
"operative" element in soap/shampoo/detergent whether from drugstore
or fancy maker. (Tom's of Maine does contain it.)

What about methylisothiozolinone? I did that from memory believe it
or not! Why do we need that in shampoo?