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Deodorant and cancer?

Deodorant gives you cancer?

  • Is true that deodorant can give you breast cancer? I've heard of people who've done research on this few months ago, I didn't wear it ever since. Now my armpits smell a bit and I don't know if I should wear it or not.

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    No link between cancer and deodorants/anti-perspirants has been proven, and all the evidence strongly suggests there isn't one. The currently widely-held belief that they are linked to breast cancer is mainly down to a hoax email. A large study in 2002 looked for links between antiperspirant use and breast cancer in 1,500 women. The researchers found that neither antiperspirants nor deodorants increased breast cancer risk. These links give some facts: http://www.breastcancer.org/risk/myths/antipersp.jsp http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cancer-causes/CA00085 http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=3943 Those who claim that deodorants/antiperspirants cause breast cancer state one of these three things as the reason: 1) they contain aluminium; many do but there is no strong evidence that aluminium could increase the risk of cancer 2) 'anti-perspirants prevent the release of toxins, which cause cancer'; this is nonsense - the purpose of sweat is to cool you down, not release 'toxins', and even if sweat did release toxins, there are plenty of other areas you sweat profusely from. 3) they contain parabens, a preservative many believe is linked to breast cancer. - There is in fact no evidence that parabens cause cancer; the concern arises from a small study in 2004 by British researchers which found traces of parabens in tissue taken from women with breast cancer. The tumours of 20 women were tested, and for obvious reasons there was no control group. The researchers claimed the study demonstrated that if people are exposed to parabens , the chemicals will accumulate in their bodies However, this extremely small study doesn't demonstrate a direct causal link between deodorant or antiperspirant use and developing breast cancer. A study that small cannot be regarded as proof. There are many deodorants available without parabens and aluminium, and many people choose to use them to be on the safe side - I do myself, and did long before my breast cancer diagnosis - but there is no proof of a link with breast cancer or with any other cancer

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NO dont worry it doesnt give you cancer in any kind of way and if it did not many people waould be using it!!

Live*Laugh*Love

Something about that doesn't smell right

bob glaub

No, thats a rumor. Please spare us all, wear deodorant.

Morphious

it is true theres something in deodorants (aluminum and parabens) that causes it. What i do for safety is buy deo with out them. I know tat arm and hammer sells one. Plus it smells good. Hoped i helped :D

abercrombiex7

No. That is some bullshit lie.

Rachacha

I am glad to be having this discussion with you on the Internet rather than face to face if you don't wear deodorant. I always thought that since in a fear inspiring way we are wonderfully made, according to the psalmist, that clogging up our pores with antiperspirant is unnatural. there was this whole urban legend thing going on the Internet about deodorant causing cancer and supposedly it was disproved. I don't know though, it seems like it must do something bad to you if it is that strong.

kathleen

.....k, um, if u havent realized, almost everything u use or have to this day, can give u cancer!

Whoever_U_Are

i heard dat people said dat, but i couldn't stand it more so i just go ahead and use the deodorant

lbxgreen

I read that also so now I use roll on deodorant just in case

Jackie m

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