Antiperspirants cause breast cancer?!
For more than a decade, an inaccurate rumor claiming that because antiperspirants actually work to stop underarm, certain toxins become trapped inside the body. has been broadly circulated through the Internet and new media stating that the use of antiperspirants is a leading cause of breast cancer. The false rumor is angering health care professionals and alarming women across the country. These toxins, according to the rumor, are deposited in the lymph nodes below the arms, leading to cell mutations and the development of breast cancer.
This link between antiperspirants and breast cancer is now proven to be completely inaccurate. The body does not, in fact, need to purge toxins from the armpits in the form of perspiration. There are no toxins to purge; sweat is made up of a combination of 99.9% water, sodium, potassium and magnesium.