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Re: Antiperspirants causing breast cancer

From: Mary (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 24 Jul 2001 01:32:49 -0400

I had my surgery in 97 and my doctor told me deodorant only and for the same reason...makes sense the body needs to purge.... Thanks Ginger :-) -----Original Message----- From: Ginger <anonymous@obgyn.net> To: Multiple recipients of list BREAST-HEALTH <breast-health@mail.medispecialty.com> Date: Sunday, July 22, 2001 6:08 PM Subject: Antiperspirants causing breast cancer

>Please respond to the emails going around about antiperspirants causing
>breast cancer. Here is a quote from an email I received,"A
>concentration of toxins leads to cell mutations, a.k.a.CANCER. Yes,
>ANTIPERSPIRANT. Most of the products out there are an
>antiperspirant/deodorant combination, so go home and check. Deodorant
>is fine, antiperspirant is not. Here's why. The human body has a few
>areas that it uses to purge toxins from the body -- behind the knees,
>behind the ears, the groin area, and armpits. The toxins are purged in
>the form of perspiration. Antiperspirant, as the name clearly
>indicates, prevents you from perspiring, thereby inhibiting the body
>from purging toxins from below the armpits. These toxins do not just
>magically disappear. Instead, the body deposits them in the lymph nodes
>below the arms since it is not sweat them out. Nearly all breast cancer
>tumors occur in the upper outside quadrant of the breast area. This is
>precisely where the lymph nodes are located. Additionally, men are less
>likely (but not completely exempt) to develop breast cancer prompted by
>antiperspirant usage because lots of the antiperspirant product is
>caught in their underarm hair and is not directly applied to the skin.
>Women who apply antiperspirant right after shaving increase the risk
>further because shaving causes almost imperceptible nicks in the skin,
>which give the chemicals entrance into the body from the armpit area."
>
>I believe there are numerous problems with this analysis but please tell
>me what you think.
>

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