I’m simply not going to put an antiperspirant under my arm, in my pits, where the sweat glands are, offering too much opportunity for aluminum to enter my body, inert or not, nor any of the other myriad of chemicals used to tame the stinkies.
Mind you, sweat really has no scent. It’s when it mixes with bacteria that the place starts to smell like a teen-aged locker room.
But what irks me, is when people will say “there are no studies proving that aluminum under the arm causes (breast cancer, Alzheimer’s, etc).”
To quote an author directly, an author whom I respect some opinions from, but definitely disagree strongly with others:
“…antiperspirant , with its aluminum compounds, could in fact be a breast-cancer contributor. But this is all speculative—a reasonable theory but one that has not been proven in studies on humans.”
My gripe is this:
In order to determine conclusively that the aluminum compounds actually do cause breast cancer, we would need to study humans voluntarily exposing themselves to a possible carcinogen, with the understanding that this exposure may cause cancer, over the course of time…be it years or a lifetime. (And certainly let’s NOT test on animals our own lack of common sense).
How do you find human subjects willing to expose themselves to a potential carcinogen for study?
While we’re at it, can we get some human subjects who might be willing to suck on some mercury-amalgam jawbreakers every day for the next five years-plus to see how the silver/mercury fillings in our mouths may be affecting us? Any Mercury-Mad-Hatter volunteers? (Search if you don’t get the reference).
Certain metals we well-know are damaging to the body when we are overexposed to them in various contexts. Others are highly suspected.
There are alternatives to using aluminum, as there are to mercury.
I wonder why they’re not being more actively used, especially when there is concern, and there is demand.