I've been hearing this for years by doctors and bush doctors in the caribbean! and now the UK.

personally i think antiperspirant or any thing that interferes with the body's natural ability to release toxins that are normally released when sweating has to have some kind of side effect!! could they be on to something??


http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1361403.shtml

(WebMD) Does regular use of antiperspirants increase a woman’s risk for developing breast cancer? A researcher in the U.K. says the answer could very well be yes, but experts tell WebMD that there is still little evidence to back up the claim.

The antiperspirant-breast cancer claim has achieved something akin to urban legend status on the Internet and in the popular press, despite that fact that few clinical studies in humans have addressed the issue.

Risks Of Aluminum Exposure?
Aluminum salts are the active ingredient in the vast majority of antiperspirants, and antiperspirants are a major source of exposure to aluminum in humans.

Products labeled as deodorants alone may not have aluminum, but the vast majority of commercially available antiperspirants do contain aluminum salts. They make up as much as a quarter of the volume of some antiperspirants.

Darbre says her own cellular research shows that aluminum salt exposure can influence estrogen activity. Because antiperspirants are used so closely to the breast, and are often used by women directly after shaving — which might allow for easier absorption — she says it is reasonable to question whether antiperspirant exposure could influence breast cancer risk.
She adds that women should consider cutting down on their antiperspirant use or cutting them out entirely.

“If a product is labeled antiperspirant it probably contains aluminum salts,” she says. “I stopped using these products eight years ago, and now I wonder why I ever bothered. Soap and water and maybe a little talcum powder seem to do the job nicely.”