Wednesday, January 12, 2011

To stink or not to stink, is that the question?

Here is an analysis of one of my most used products, deodorant:

The product that I have chosen to examine is my deodorant: Old Spice High Endurance

Ingriedients: Dipropylene Glycol, Water, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Stearate, Fragrance, PPG-3 Myristlyl Ether, Tetrasodium EDTA, Violet 2, Green 6.

The good news-I know what two of those ingredients are! (Water and Fragrance)
The bad news-I'm pretty sure this deodorant is going to kill me.

Let's look a little further into the main ingredient: Dipropylene Glycol



This ingredient:
noCancer
noDevelopmental/reproductive toxicity
noAllergies/immunotoxicity
noUse restrictions
noContamination concerns
noOther moderate concerns for this ingredient:
Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)
noLesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
NeurotoxicityOrgan system toxicity (non-reproductive),Data gaps


About DIPROPYLENE GLYCOL: Dipropylene glycol is a small molecular weight synthetic solvent.


Well, after reviewing this-Dipropylene Glycol doesn't seem to be as harmful as I had previously assumed. Apparently this is not an anti-perspirant, but a deodorant, which is the lesser of the two evils. Rather than preventing me from sweating, it just makes it so that my sweat doesn't smell quite as bad. I have decided to continue using this product because it is not as harmful as I had previously assumed, and compared to other products in the category there is actually a very low risk. Good news for me today! With that said, I do think that I will look into some sort of natural deodorant that will work as well, if there is a product that can satisfy my needs then I would be more than willing to switch!



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