June 16, 2006, Newsletter Issue #25: Breast cancer and antiperspirants
Tip of the Week
Donīt believe that antiperspirants cause breast cancer, as some widely circulating e-mails warn.
The UC Berkeley Wellness Letter says they debunked that rumor in 1999, but people still ask about it.
There is no scientific evidence to support any of the scary claims. It isnīt true that blocking underarm sweat causes "toxins" to be retained in the lymph nodes, from which they somehow migrate into the breast and cause cancer (sweat glands are not connected to lymph nodes anyway).
No evidence links breast cancer to sweating, not sweating, or antiperspirants. Thereīs no ingredient in antiperspirants known to cause cancer.
And itīs worth noting that many websites spreading this rumor are selling alternative deodorant products.
- UC Berkeley Wellness Letter
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