WINTER SPORTS

The Need To Observe Aluminum Safety By Making Use Of A Non Aluminum Deodorant

There are around 2000 references in the National Library of Medicine on the adverse effects of aluminum. Research shows that there are over thirty acknowledged diseases that can be attributed to aluminum in various aspects. In our society at present, there exists a conundrum revolving around the health issues linked with aluminum. Unfortunately though, these issues are not known to many people. A large amount of research also suggests the presence of negative effects that aluminum salts on antiperspirants have on non-human primates, mice and dogs. How is aluminum affecting human beings then? Is this amount of research sufficient to cause panic and persuade us to use non aluminum deodorant?

“Aluminum is a neurotoxin which affects certain metabolic reactions,” reported by Pub Med.gov, US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. What’s more, the same source claims it has been shown to lead to DNA damage, have negative epigenetic effects, and also affect the blood-brain barrier. Aluminum is the family name to refer to aluminum and alum salts. If alum salts react to the element AL(aluminum), then they are deemed to be a member of the aluminum family.

First defined as a neurotoxin in 1886, Mosby’s Medical Dictionary reports that a neurotoxin is a toxin that acts directly on the tissues of the central nervous system, going along the axis cylinders of the motor nerves to the brain. It is “A substance that damages, destroys, or impairs the machinations of nerve tissue.” (Source: The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.)

In actual fact, the intake of thirty grams (1 ounce) of aluminum has killed adults – this was noted by the International Chemical Safety Card from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also, this also leads to irritation to the respiratory tract, the skin, and also the eyes. It is corrosive on ingestion and might also be a questionable substance when not utilized properly.

The World Health Organization, in 1993, also suspected a link between the toxicity of aluminum as well as the beginning of Alzheimer’s. For this cause, and the other facts pointed out above, we should now begin using non aluminum deodorant products.

According to the US Food and Drug Administration, the regular use of antiperspirant products that contain aluminum could put people with renal dysfunction at higher risk due to the presence of aluminum in these products. As a result, renal patients are encouraged to always seek advice from their doctor before using any antiperspirant, especially those that contain high levels of aluminum. This is just another reason why a non aluminum deodorant is less hazardous.

Reported by Dr. Ray Sanhelian, in the Journal of Applied Toxicology, March, 2006, “Studies also have shown that aluminum salts can penetrate human underarm skin even if it is not broken.” What’s more, when applied to the underarm, close to the breast, and left on the skin, deodorants with aluminum salts can more readily enter the bloodstream particularly when used after shaving.

If you look on the ingredient product labels of most underarm antiperspirants and deodorants, you will notice that they contain aluminum salts. Now there is worry that this might increase a woman’s risk for cancer of the breast. Metals including cadmium and aluminum salts have shown to exert estrogen-like effects. No doubt it is very possible for aluminum salts to further disrupt normal hormonal signaling in the female breast since lab studies indicate the growth of breast cancer cells when products (just like detergent, pesticides) that mimic estrogen are utilized.

Better safe than sorry, make use of a true non aluminum deodorant when trying to safely prevent body odor – this is unquestionably one way of surviving in today’s society.

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