Antiperspirant Aluminum Salts Found in Breast Cancer Biopsies

You've probably heard the myth about antiperspirants and breast cancer, and like many of us, continued using underarm deodorant. British researcher Dr Chris Exley has just published a study which shows that higher concentrations of aluminum salts, a common ingredient in antiperspirants, can be found in breast tissue and breast fat nearest to the underarm region. Dr. Exley studied 17 breast cancer patients from Wythenshaw Hospital, Manchester, UK, each of whom had undergone a mastectomy. It is possible that skin can soak up aluminum and pass it into breast tissue, but that has not been confirmed to cause breast cancer, and the physical mechanism for aluminum leaching into breast tissue is not yet known. “Aluminum is a metalloestrogen, it is genotoxic, is bound by DNA and has been shown to be carcinogenic. The confirmed presence of aluminum in breast tissue biopsies highlights its potential as a possible factor in the aetiology of breast cancer”, said Dr. Exley.

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