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A member asked:
Hi! i heard that deodorants and roll ons cause cancer and contains bad ingredients like aluminium...is there any other way to prevent bad odors?
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No cancer: Two products are employed by patients, deodorants and antiperspirants the question of cancer arises from the use of aluminum compounds that are used to suppress sweating. Some are made without aluminum and most deodorants are free of aluminum so if there were a relationship to cancer it would be higher with the antiperspirants. The latter however has not been proven.
Answered 5/23/2014
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