Use of Deodorants pose threats to humanity and environment

Have you ever known about effects and harmful results of using deodorants in our daily life?

One day I was sitting in front of a laptop and just studying, during searches I came across a sentence 'Using deodorants with cholorofluorocarbon gas may bring end of world. ' I was shocked to know about this fact. I know almost all of us from all over the world use deodorants for beautiful smell or to look attractive. Deodorants are used in order to overcome bad smell or body odour caused by bacterial growth . Cholorfluorocarbon gases are contained in most deodorants and are released by some factories into the air. This kind of gas causes the ozone layer to become thinner and thinner and I am afraid, this will finally diappear in patches.

Don't you know how important the ozone layer is for us and for our beloved Earth? Ozone layer protects us from the harmful ultraviolet radiation that comes from Sun. Ozone layer is the deep layer in the second major layer of Earth's atmosphere (stratosphere) that absorbs much of the Sun's UV layers.

But I doubt, most of the people are unaware of this fact. People especially teenagers are found happy to use deodorants without leaving home.

Lets talk about the kinds of deodorants. We often found deodorants in two forms in markets i.e, spray and roll on. Antiperspirants are also the kind of deodorants but the difference between them two is that Antiperspirant is used to remove the sweating effect and deodorant is for eliminating the

sweating odour. Since the evolution of this product, it has become the essential part of the cosmetic needs especially in the age range between 13 - 20. According to a research, children start using sprays at the age of 11.

I am writing this article to just want you all to know the real fact is that the we see the good side of this fragrance but behind this scent, the dark side is left neglected. Besides cholorofluorocarbon, there are many other kinds of chemicals contained in deodorants. Triclosan, parabens, aluminium aerosol and formaldehyde are the harmful chemicals that are found in this product.

This new product is not only harmful to our environment but also to our precious thing that is HEALTH.  Remember that environment is all about us that is human beings and animals.
Some of the causes of this deodrants to our health are as follows:

1: Breast Cancer:
In reference to the research studies, using fragrance to our arms may cause to breast cancer. A human body is made of a permeable membrane. Our skin absorbs quickly whatever we apply on our body. Some studies found that more 50% of women had breast cancer due to the use of this product. Although most people do not accept this since there was no any exact track of comparing the amount of paraben present in normal women and the women with breast cancer and also there was no specific evidence that deodorants do not cause breast cancer.


2: Severe disease like Alzheimers:
It is surprise to know that the excessive use of this deodorant may cause the severe disease Alzhemeirs which may result into death. The other hazardous disease is renal dysfunction which is also cause from this product.

According to an author 'MITALI  PANDEY',

  'Scientists are beginning to link Antiperspirant to Alzheimers diseases.'

3: Health issues caused by Aluminium, Formaldehyde, Mineral Oil: 
The element which is used in manufacturing Antiperspirants and deodorants is Aluminium. The process employed by Antiperspirant is dangerous and vulnerable to humanity and environment. As I have mentioned above that Antiperspirant is used to eliminate the seating effects, so this chemical involved in its manufacturing doubles up the damage. Aluminium is a well known water pollutant. It damages the aquatic life and the ecosystem.  Similarly, Formaldehyde is found to be the element in manufacturing the deodorants. During manufacturing, this chemical is used for the formation of smoke which is obviously hazardous to us, animals and the environment.
Mineral oil is often found in deodorants and other skin care products like lipstick. This element causes air pollution and water pollution when aluminium gets to mix with air and water as mineral oil has properties to emit carbon which is a subsequent harmful pollutants.

How it pose threat to Environment:
The most important drawback of the deodorants is that the deodorant cans packaging cannot be recycled. I think this is the most transparent cause which is still unnoticed. The deodorants do not come in cardboard box and they are not refillable. Hence it also proofs that deodorants do harm to our environment.

As, I have mentioned above the ozone layer and how it gets thinner day by day due to the excessive use of this new products by millions of people. Hence it is true that deodorants pose threat to our environment in that way too.

In Short:

Hence by reading all this important information, I personally decided to quit using this harmful product for the sake of my own health and my family. Honestly speaking, if we join together to save our environment by taking some precautions and by keeping our environment clean, I believe that that our earth will have long health life.