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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by juanuys on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:44PM (#16395984)
I use Potassium Alum (by Salt Of The Earth) and haven't had problems. Technically a deo, I guess.
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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by sp332 on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:03PM (#16396236)
That is the active ingredient in antiperspirants, so it's exactly the same, yeah.
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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by erdewit on Saturday February 17, 2018 @04:32AM (#16399885)
It may sound natural but the aluminium is toxic.
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Re:Deodorants, perfumes, soaps pollute air at levels as high... by astura on Saturday February 17, 2018 @12:30PM (#16401653)
Aluminium is the active ingredient in literally all commercial antiperspirants. There's no evidence that putting aluminum based components on your armpits is harmful: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-a...
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