
CAN LONG CONTINUED USE OF SPRAY DEODORANTS CAUSE CANCER OF THE ARMPIT?
At first, I thought your letter was a put-on. In fact, that might have been your intention, but, nevertheless, you raise an interesting question. Certainly there has been no epidemic of cancer of the axilla or armpit. But spray deodorants have not been in use for very long. Cigarette smoking causes cancer of the lungs but it takes about twenty years to develop. We don't yet have twenty years experience with spray deodorants.
If this is a major concern in your life, I suggest that daily bathing obviates the need for deodorants. Spray deodorants are an invention largely of Madison Avenue but daily bathing is not. In Africa, for example, those who live near rivers and lakes go to the water's edge at dusk each day to scrub themselves and watch the sunset.
Communal bathing is an event very different from our solitary bath or shower. The Romans knew all about that and the Japanese enjoy it today. (Perhaps people sing in the shower to give the illusion of company.) If you have a large bathtub or shower, consider inviting a friend to join you. Screen out those undesirables who have infectious hepatitis (which possibly could be transmitted in a bathtub), or, more commonly, those who might bitch about the water being either too hot or too cold.
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