Hi Arlene - whoa!, your email is MOST disturbing - how many of us DON'T put
deodorant on, day after day, year after year?? Yikes! Perhaps those
"natural" deodorant "stones" one can purchase at the health food store is
worth a try. Thanks for posting this information. Les
-----Original Message-----
From: Arlene Plevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, October 15, 1999 5:30 AM
Subject: RE: [GSN] Fwd: Anti-perspirants may cause breast cancer !!
>
>Years ago, my Baltimore, Maryland,-based gynocologist suspected such a
>thing. Why? The high incidence of breast cancer whose pattern mimicked
>how women put on anti-perspirants--the cancer seemed concentrated in
>tissues nearest the underarms, and my goodness, they're sensitive tissues
>and putting toxic chemicals (!!!!!) day after day on them--it doesn't take
>a Nobel prize scientist to put 2 and 2 together. However, my dr. merely
>mentioned it ruefully, commenting on bucking the corporations (and this
>was 10-12 years ago) who make their money off this stuff.
>
>I've wondered as well about FDS and other feminine sprays.
>
>Arlene
>
