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Study Claims Link between Deodorants and Breast Cancer (Vancouver Sun)
Controversial findings blame preservative, Vancouver Sun, Jan.16/04
Can West News Service by Sharon Kirkey
“Long dismissed as an urban myth, the notion that deodorants may cause breast cancer is gaining new attention after tests by a scientist who tossed out her own antiperspirants on a gut feeling, suggest a possible connection. Phillipa Darbe, stopped using deodorants and antiperspirants eight years ago over concerns their chemicals may cause breast cancer, has published a study that found an ingredient in some underarm cosmetics is also present in human breast cancer tumors”
“Darbe’s team detected parabens, a preservative used in thousands of cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food products in 18 of the 20 breast tumors tested. Numerous studies have shown parabens can mimic the effects of estrogen, which can drive breast cancer tumor growth.”
“Darbe, a senior cancer researcher at the University of Reading in the U.K.. believes the answer is “blindingly simple”. We put all these chemicals under our arm everyday in just the area where there are too many breast cancers” Studies have found a disproportionately high number of breast cancers in the upper, outer portion of the breast, she says. The parabens detected in the breast cancer tumors were in a form that suggests the ‘route of entry’ was from something on the skin, not eaten.”
“More than half of women who develop breast cancer have no know risk factors, such as a family history, obesity and smoking. Rumors suggesting a link between deodorants and breast cancer began popping up in chain emails and on the Internet years ago. Women were warned that a ‘concentration of toxins’ from deodorants and antiperspirants could be absorbed through the skin, or seep into the body via razor cuts”!
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