The ongoing debate of whether or not anti-perspirant and deodorants
can be linked to breast cancer is a difficult one and probably not going
to quiet down anytime soon.
Both deodorants and anti-perspirants contain ingredients, namely aluminum and parabens, that are being looked at for their relationship to breast cancer tumors.
No doubt you’ve heard the discussion. Because these ingredients are used to block the the sweat glands, some studies suggest that they are leaking into breast tissue and may be attributed to breast cancer.
Here’s one excerpt from a study published by the National Cancer Institute (NCI):
“The belief that parabens build up in breast tissue was supported by a 2004 study, which found parabens in 18 of 20 samples of tissue from human breast tumors. However, this study did not prove that parabens cause breast tumors.
The authors of this study did not analyze healthy breast tissue or tissues from other areas of the body and did not demonstrate that parabens are found only in cancerous breast tissue.
Furthermore, this research did not identify the source of the parabens and cannot establish that the buildup of parabens is due to the use of deodorants or antiperspirants.”
If you trust the Food & Drug Administration, then it may interest you to know that the NCI also writes the following, “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates food, cosmetics, medicines, and medical devices, also does not have any evidence or research data that ingredients in underarm antiperspirants or deodorants cause cancer.”
The organization, which works under the umbrella of the National Institutes of Health, then closes by writing, “Because studies of antiperspirants and deodorants and breast cancer have provided conflicting results, additional research is needed to investigate.”
Basically, the jury’s still out.
Harvard’s Howard LeWine, MD, reported to MSN that although aluminum should not be ingested, “The kidneys excrete the aluminum we absorb from our intestines. This process is usually very efficient. It prevents us from building up toxic levels of aluminum.”
LeWine does go onto say, however, that people with “impaired” kidneys show much higher blood levels of aluminum.
The aim of this article is not to take a stand one way or the other, but rather to sneak a brief peek into what has been discussed up to this point and then offer a few real options for product.
Because really, ladies, at the end of the day, if there’s even a sliver of worry, it’s nice to be able to alleviate that.
Both deodorants and anti-perspirants contain ingredients, namely aluminum and parabens, that are being looked at for their relationship to breast cancer tumors.
No doubt you’ve heard the discussion. Because these ingredients are used to block the the sweat glands, some studies suggest that they are leaking into breast tissue and may be attributed to breast cancer.
Here’s one excerpt from a study published by the National Cancer Institute (NCI):
“The belief that parabens build up in breast tissue was supported by a 2004 study, which found parabens in 18 of 20 samples of tissue from human breast tumors. However, this study did not prove that parabens cause breast tumors.
The authors of this study did not analyze healthy breast tissue or tissues from other areas of the body and did not demonstrate that parabens are found only in cancerous breast tissue.
Furthermore, this research did not identify the source of the parabens and cannot establish that the buildup of parabens is due to the use of deodorants or antiperspirants.”
If you trust the Food & Drug Administration, then it may interest you to know that the NCI also writes the following, “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates food, cosmetics, medicines, and medical devices, also does not have any evidence or research data that ingredients in underarm antiperspirants or deodorants cause cancer.”
The organization, which works under the umbrella of the National Institutes of Health, then closes by writing, “Because studies of antiperspirants and deodorants and breast cancer have provided conflicting results, additional research is needed to investigate.”
Basically, the jury’s still out.
Harvard’s Howard LeWine, MD, reported to MSN that although aluminum should not be ingested, “The kidneys excrete the aluminum we absorb from our intestines. This process is usually very efficient. It prevents us from building up toxic levels of aluminum.”
LeWine does go onto say, however, that people with “impaired” kidneys show much higher blood levels of aluminum.
The aim of this article is not to take a stand one way or the other, but rather to sneak a brief peek into what has been discussed up to this point and then offer a few real options for product.
Because really, ladies, at the end of the day, if there’s even a sliver of worry, it’s nice to be able to alleviate that.
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