The bad news is that the NCI went on to say that "This study found that the age of breast cancer diagnosis was significantly earlier in women who used these products and shaved their underarms more frequently. Furthermore, women who began both of these underarm hygiene habits before 16 years of age were diagnosed with breast cancer at an earlier age than those who began these habits later." Sooo... not a cause necessarily, but related somehow. The American Cancer Society poked some holes in the experiment making this claim, however, citing issues such as, "But the study design did not include a control group of women without breast cancer and has been criticized by experts as not relevant to the safety of these underarm hygiene practices... Of note, the study asked about underarm products that the women were using at the time the questions were answered, not what they used before they developed breast cancer." Snopes and WebMD seemed to agree/recycle the same facts. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) was not quite as reassuring, and really focused more on the absence of proof in either direction.
I guess my take on this is that... I'm going to make sure my deodorants have no parabens in them and may try out some natural deodorants. While they cost more, I'm pretty sure that I only buy deodorant like once or twice a year, sooooo probably worth it. Back to good news!: there ARE effective hippie deodorants! :D According to my cross-poll of research done by HuffPost and NY Mag, here are the top 5 faves:
*Note: The ACS went on to mention that the incidence of cancer rose with the use of oral contraceptives. Ugh.
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