Compendium of the most significant studies with reference to properties, intake, effects.

McNamara PJ, Syverson RE, Milligan-Myhre K, Frolova O, Schroeder S, Kidder J, Hoang T, Proctor RA. Surfactants, aromatic and isoprenoid compounds, and fatty acid biosynthesis inhibitors suppress Staphylococcus aureus production of toxic shock syndrome toxin 1. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 May;53(5):1898-906. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01293-08. 

Abstract. We report here on the TSST-1-suppressing activity of 34 compounds that are commonly used additives in the pharmaceutical, food, and perfume industries. 

Robinson, V. C., Bergfeld, W. F., Belsito, D. V., Hill, R. A., Klaassen, C. D., Marks, J. G., ... & Andersen, F. A. (2010). Final report of the amended safety assessment of sodium laureth sulfate and related salts of sulfated ethoxylated alcohols. International journal of toxicology, 29(4_suppl), 151S-161S.

Abstract.  The potential to produce irritation exists with these salts of sulfated ethoxylated alcohols, but in practice they are not regularly seen to be irritating because of the formulations in which they are used. These ingredients should be used only when they can be formulated to be nonirritating.

Bährle-Rapp, M. (2007). Sodium Myreth Sulfate. In Springer Lexikon Kosmetik und Körperpflege (pp. 514-514). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.