Remove and ban aluminum from antiperspirants and cosmetics
Remove and ban aluminum from antiperspirants and cosmetics
The Issue
Breast cancer is the leading cancer in women in Canada and globally. There are many contributing causes, one of them being exposure to environmental toxins that are harmful to the breasts. Aluminum is such a toxin, present in antiperspirants and deodorants that women use, often daily. Aluminum is absorbed through the skin and stored in breast tissue. It has been found to cause free radical damage in breast cells and to increase inflammation, both of which can accelerate cancer growth. Aluminum has been identified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a known human carcinogen, and is also toxic to the brain and nervous sytem. Research has shown that aluminum increases the migratory capacity and invasiveness of breast cancer cells, increasing the potential for cancer to spread, causing death in women.
It is imperative that aluminum be removed from antiperspirants and deodorants to protect women's health, and that the Precautionary Principle be respected. If the government and/or cosmetics industry maintains that aluminum has only a suspected risk of causing harm to women's breasts, in the absence of scientific consensus, the burden of proof that aluminum is not harmful falls on the government and the cosmetics industry.
If that proof is not forthcoming at this time, then aluminum must be banned from antiperspirants and deodorants.
The following research articles suggest that aluminum is harmful to women's breasts. Toxic metals and breast cancer research
It is time we focus on breast cancer prevention. Please work with us to save the lives of women, now and in the future, and to help prevent breast cancer.
Darbre PD, Bakir A, Iskakova E. Effect of aluminium on migratory and invasive properties of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells in culture. J Inorg Biochem. 2013 Nov;128:245-9.
Darbre PD, Mannello F, Exley C. Aluminium and breast cancer: Sources of exposure, tissue measurements and mechanisms of toxicological actions on breast biology.J Inorg Biochem. 2013 Nov;128:257-61.
Mannello F, Ligi D, Canale M. Aluminium, carbonyls and cytokines in human nipple aspirate fluids: Possible relationship between inflammation, oxidative stress and breast cancer microenvironment. J Inorg Biochem. 2013 Nov;128:250-6.
The Issue
Breast cancer is the leading cancer in women in Canada and globally. There are many contributing causes, one of them being exposure to environmental toxins that are harmful to the breasts. Aluminum is such a toxin, present in antiperspirants and deodorants that women use, often daily. Aluminum is absorbed through the skin and stored in breast tissue. It has been found to cause free radical damage in breast cells and to increase inflammation, both of which can accelerate cancer growth. Aluminum has been identified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a known human carcinogen, and is also toxic to the brain and nervous sytem. Research has shown that aluminum increases the migratory capacity and invasiveness of breast cancer cells, increasing the potential for cancer to spread, causing death in women.
It is imperative that aluminum be removed from antiperspirants and deodorants to protect women's health, and that the Precautionary Principle be respected. If the government and/or cosmetics industry maintains that aluminum has only a suspected risk of causing harm to women's breasts, in the absence of scientific consensus, the burden of proof that aluminum is not harmful falls on the government and the cosmetics industry.
If that proof is not forthcoming at this time, then aluminum must be banned from antiperspirants and deodorants.
The following research articles suggest that aluminum is harmful to women's breasts. Toxic metals and breast cancer research
It is time we focus on breast cancer prevention. Please work with us to save the lives of women, now and in the future, and to help prevent breast cancer.
Darbre PD, Bakir A, Iskakova E. Effect of aluminium on migratory and invasive properties of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells in culture. J Inorg Biochem. 2013 Nov;128:245-9.
Darbre PD, Mannello F, Exley C. Aluminium and breast cancer: Sources of exposure, tissue measurements and mechanisms of toxicological actions on breast biology.J Inorg Biochem. 2013 Nov;128:257-61.
Mannello F, Ligi D, Canale M. Aluminium, carbonyls and cytokines in human nipple aspirate fluids: Possible relationship between inflammation, oxidative stress and breast cancer microenvironment. J Inorg Biochem. 2013 Nov;128:250-6.
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Petition created on March 9, 2014