This stone is widely known for traditional medicine thanks to is many befits to the human body.
Alum stone deodorant safe.
An article in the journal of the national cancer institute oct 16 2002 concluded that there was no connection between use of antiperspirants and the risk of breast cancer.
It has gained popularity due.
The deodorant stone offers safe natural odor protection using only mineral salts and can be used as a gentle alternative to products with aluminum chlorohydrate aluminum zirconium phthalates and parabens.
Crystal deodorants will often state that they re free of aluminium chlorohydrate aluminium chlorohydroxide and aluminium zirconium.
Aluminum deodorant and alzheimer s disease during the 1960s and 1970s aluminum was identified as a possible suspect in alzheimer s a degenerative brain disease keith fargo the director of.
More recently though a study suggests that aluminum compounds can change the way breast cells divide even at low concentrations journal of applied toxicology online jan.
Native women s deodorant 12.
So here are the facts.
Crystal body deodorant stone 7.
It s usually manufactured typically after processing potassium alum.
But just because it s natural it doesn t mean it s safe.
Potassium alum has been used as a deodorant in southeast asia for hundreds of years.
It s especially helpful when you use it externally.
It s sold as an ayurvedic tooth powder and traditional chinese and ayurvedic medicine use potassium alum as an antiseptic for wounds tonsillitis and acne as well as a skin tightener.
Sodium aluminum sulfate is a type of alumthat is used in commercial baking powder.
Potassium alum is a naturally occurring mineral salt potassium aluminium sulfate.
Crystal deodorant has become more popular in western cultures in the last 30 years.
The alum stone is a translucent white color.
Aluminum and the breast.
However the type of alum you find used for pickling and in deodorant is potassium alum kal so4 2 12h2o.