Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (SLES) Market Size

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate Market Size

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (SLES) Market size was recorded at over $1 billion in 2015 growing at a CAGR above 5% by 2024. Growing awareness regarding cleanliness and hygiene all over the world will likely bolster the global market during the forecast timespan./p>

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Sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES), also known as sodium laureth sulfate, is an anionic surfactant popularly used in detergents. Several government initiatives to clean public infrastructures such as railway stations, airports, etc., and increasing household detergents usage owing to escalating number of residential projects all over the globe will also augment the global SLES market growth. Global demand for household detergents was beyond 30 million tons in 2015 and will accelerate at over 5% CAGR in the forecast spell./p>

Sodium lauryl ether sulfate is known to be a skin, eye, and lung irritant and may contain carcinogenic substances such as 1,4-dioxane due to the manufacturing process. Other harmful by-products of the manufacturing process may include ethylene oxide, which too is carcinogenic in nature, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer. U.S. FDA and the EPA monitor the product usage in personal care products and cleaners respectively, and this may restrain the sodium lauryl ether sulfate market growth in the coming years./p>